How many more dams in the Amazon

Energy Policy

Volumn 74, Issue C, 2014, Pages 703-708

  Tundisi, J G ^a   Goldemberg, J ^b   Matsumura Tundisi, T ^c   Saraiva, A C F ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEEVALE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c International Institute of Ecology   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Andean reservoirs; Biodiversity; Economic development; Energy; Hydroelectricity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

AMAZON; BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY; HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84924221094     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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