Amazon water: the misgovernance of hydropower

Ioris, Antonio A. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0156-2737 2024. Amazon water: the misgovernance of hydropower. Fritsch, Oliver and Benson, David, eds. Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Water Resources., Political Science and Public Policy 2024, Edward Elgar, 172–185. (10.4337/9781800887909.00022)

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Abstract

The chapter brings a critical perspective to water governance and environmental justice in the Brazilian section of the Amazon basin, focusing on the expansion of hydroelectric dams, often associated with investments in fluvial navigation infrastructure, as emblematic of the many controversies around the allocation and use of water in the region. The growing appropriation of ecosystems and grabbing of water is a subject of many controversies, raising conflicts, resistance and uncertainties. As a result, water has lost most of its sociocultural, ecological and geomorphological functions, mainly to fulfil exogenous demands for energy, navigation and agricultural expansion. Our departure point is the need to interrogate the political-ecology of the construction and operation of dams and related hydroelectric infrastructure. The large-scale incorporation of water into economic development strategies demonstrates the persistent misgovernance of the commons and the systematic advance of modernity through the powerful resignification and impoverishment of socio-spatial relations associated with water.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	Edward Elgar
ISBN:	9781800887893
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2024 11:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173794

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