Political benefits as barriers to assessment of environmental costs in Brazil's Amazonian development planning: The example of the Jatapu Dam in Roraima
Development projects are rapidly changing the landscape in Brazilian Amazonia Environmental impact assessments have been required since 1986, and the regulatory system is evolving as precedents are set by each new development project. The Jatapu Dam in Roraima provides an illustration of underlying...
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oai:repositorio:1-19399 Political benefits as barriers to assessment of environmental costs in Brazil's Amazonian development planning: The example of the Jatapu Dam in Roraima Fearnside, Philip Martin Barbosa, Reinaldo Imbrozio Brasil Cost-benefit Analysis Decision Making Environmental Impact Assessment Government Industrialization Review Socioeconomics Construction Dams Decision Making Economic And Social Effects Environmental Engineering Hydroelectric Power Laws And Legislation Project Management Brasil Development Projects Environmental Costs Assessment Environmental Disaster Hydroelectric Development Political Benefits Political Strategy Tropical Forest Environmental Impact Dam Construction Decision Making Developing Country Development Planning Environmental Assessment Environmental Costs Hydroelectric Power Hydropower Project Planning Constraint Planning Practice Political Conditions Political Context Brazil, Roraima State, Jatapu Dam Development projects are rapidly changing the landscape in Brazilian Amazonia Environmental impact assessments have been required since 1986, and the regulatory system is evolving as precedents are set by each new development project. The Jatapu Dam in Roraima provides an illustration of underlying impediments to assessment of environmental costs and to due consideration being given to these assessments when decisions are made. The high priority placed on the dam by the Roraima state government is unexplainable in terms of economic returns. The place of the dam in a long term political strategy provides the best of several possible explanations, any one of which is incompatible with a 'rational' weighing of economic and environmental costs and benefits. A number of lessons can be drawn from the experience of Jatapu, but some of the problems have no solution. The barriers to rational decision making illustrated by Jatapu apply to development projects in many parts of the world. 2020-06-15T22:08:13Z 2020-06-15T22:08:13Z 1996 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/19399 10.1007/BF01204135 en Volume 20, Número 5, Pags. 615-630 Restrito Environmental Management |
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Brasil Cost-benefit Analysis Decision Making Environmental Impact Assessment Government Industrialization Review Socioeconomics Construction Dams Decision Making Economic And Social Effects Environmental Engineering Hydroelectric Power Laws And Legislation Project Management Brasil Development Projects Environmental Costs Assessment Environmental Disaster Hydroelectric Development Political Benefits Political Strategy Tropical Forest Environmental Impact Dam Construction Decision Making Developing Country Development Planning Environmental Assessment Environmental Costs Hydroelectric Power Hydropower Project Planning Constraint Planning Practice Political Conditions Political Context Brazil, Roraima State, Jatapu Dam |
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Brasil Cost-benefit Analysis Decision Making Environmental Impact Assessment Government Industrialization Review Socioeconomics Construction Dams Decision Making Economic And Social Effects Environmental Engineering Hydroelectric Power Laws And Legislation Project Management Brasil Development Projects Environmental Costs Assessment Environmental Disaster Hydroelectric Development Political Benefits Political Strategy Tropical Forest Environmental Impact Dam Construction Decision Making Developing Country Development Planning Environmental Assessment Environmental Costs Hydroelectric Power Hydropower Project Planning Constraint Planning Practice Political Conditions Political Context Brazil, Roraima State, Jatapu Dam Fearnside, Philip Martin Political benefits as barriers to assessment of environmental costs in Brazil's Amazonian development planning: The example of the Jatapu Dam in Roraima |
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Brasil Cost-benefit Analysis Decision Making Environmental Impact Assessment Government Industrialization Review Socioeconomics Construction Dams Decision Making Economic And Social Effects Environmental Engineering Hydroelectric Power Laws And Legislation Project Management Brasil Development Projects Environmental Costs Assessment Environmental Disaster Hydroelectric Development Political Benefits Political Strategy Tropical Forest Environmental Impact Dam Construction Decision Making Developing Country Development Planning Environmental Assessment Environmental Costs Hydroelectric Power Hydropower Project Planning Constraint Planning Practice Political Conditions Political Context Brazil, Roraima State, Jatapu Dam |
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Development projects are rapidly changing the landscape in Brazilian Amazonia Environmental impact assessments have been required since 1986, and the regulatory system is evolving as precedents are set by each new development project. The Jatapu Dam in Roraima provides an illustration of underlying impediments to assessment of environmental costs and to due consideration being given to these assessments when decisions are made. The high priority placed on the dam by the Roraima state government is unexplainable in terms of economic returns. The place of the dam in a long term political strategy provides the best of several possible explanations, any one of which is incompatible with a 'rational' weighing of economic and environmental costs and benefits. A number of lessons can be drawn from the experience of Jatapu, but some of the problems have no solution. The barriers to rational decision making illustrated by Jatapu apply to development projects in many parts of the world. |
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Artigo |
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Fearnside, Philip Martin |
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Barbosa, Reinaldo Imbrozio |
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Barbosa, Reinaldo Imbrozio |
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Political benefits as barriers to assessment of environmental costs in Brazil's Amazonian development planning: The example of the Jatapu Dam in Roraima |
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Political benefits as barriers to assessment of environmental costs in Brazil's Amazonian development planning: The example of the Jatapu Dam in Roraima |
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Political benefits as barriers to assessment of environmental costs in Brazil's Amazonian development planning: The example of the Jatapu Dam in Roraima |
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Political benefits as barriers to assessment of environmental costs in Brazil's Amazonian development planning: The example of the Jatapu Dam in Roraima |
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Political benefits as barriers to assessment of environmental costs in Brazil's Amazonian development planning: The example of the Jatapu Dam in Roraima |
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political benefits as barriers to assessment of environmental costs in brazil's amazonian development planning: the example of the jatapu dam in roraima |
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Environmental Management |
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2020 |
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