Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

Highlights•There has been growing interest and multidisciplinary engagement on
hydropower-related publications focusing on the Amazonian region.•Brazilian universities …

Classic technical assistance to local resource users in tropical agrarian frontiers has shown
important successes but also has been criticized for being expensive, dependency creating …

Abstract Nations in the Global South have turned to massive hydropower projects to provide
for the energy needs of their growing economies. Large-scale hydropower projects cause …

Energy transition technologies, such as hydroelectric dams, have been seen as symbols of
progress, cheap energy, environmental sustainability, and resource abundance, leading to …

Understanding social and environmental impacts and household adaptation strategies in
the face of expansions in energy infrastructure projects is essential to inform mitigation and …

The article analyzes the impacts of the Belo Monte dam construction on the rural labor
mobility dynamics and the effects on the agropastoral activities, in the rural areas of the …

The construction of hydroelectric dams is associated with a range of social-ecological
impacts, including significant changes in the economies of rural places where large dams …

The resource nexus consists of a framework to address interlinkages between natural
resources and systems that provide water, energy, food and waste management. It …

The Neotropics have vast river catchments with untapped hydroelectric potential, but there
are multiple expected negative impacts of dams, including those on local food security and …