Damming the Flow

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Hydropower has long been portrayed as a ‘clean’ source of power, a claim reinforced by the ‘climate imperative’. Yet, hydroelectric dams are recognized as having some of the largest negative socio-environmental impacts among renewable energies, including in terms of greenhouse gas emissions relating to the decomposition of vegetation, the construction process, and the release of dissolved methane during water releases. This chapter discusses how dams can constitute a form of extractivism through the destruction and displacement that they impose on peoples and ecosystems as a result of the large footprint of the reservoirs, the vast amounts of materials necessary to their construction, and the hydropower rents that are generated. It exames the case of the Agua Zarca dam in Honduras, the killing of Indigenous activist Berta Cáceres, resistance to the Site C dam in BC, and local communities attempts to create alternatives such as micro-hydro.
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Authors Philippe Le Billon
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Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oso/9780197873434.003.0011
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197873434.003.0011
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