Environmental and Social Impacts of Hydroelectric Dams in Brazilian Amazonia: Implications for the Aluminum Industry
Aluminum smelting consumes large amounts of electricity and helps drive dam-building worldwide. Brazil plans to build dozens of hydroelectric dams in its Amazon region and in neighboring countries. Benefits are much less than is portrayed, partly because electricity is exported in electro-intensive...
| Autor principal: | Fearnside, Philip Martin |
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| Grau: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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World Development
2020
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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/17386 |