Hydro Power Plants as Disputed Infrastructures in Latin America
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Materia
Sustainability Development Hydroelectric power stations Strategy Water conflicts Energy production
Fecha
2022-01-18Referencia bibliográfica
Hernández-Gutiérrez, J.C.; Peña-Ramos, J.A.; Espinosa, V.I. Hydro Power Plants as Disputed Infrastructures in Latin America. Water 2022, 14, 277. [https://doi.org/10.3390/w14030277]
Resumen
Non-violent methods can strongly support achieving the 2030 Agenda of sustainable
development goals, increasing energy efficiency and access in the poorest countries. However,
hydroelectric power stations are disputed strategic elements in any region of the world. This paper
analyzes, firstly, the role of hydroelectric power stations as elements that have been generating
conflicts in Latin America in the period 1982–2018 and, secondly, the conflicts themselves. The
results show that indigenous peoples face the most significant risks from constructing dams and,
consequently, they are the primary opponents of hydroelectric projects.