A CASE STUDY ON THE SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE QUELUZ SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PLANT IN THE RIO PARAIBA DO SUL RIVER BASIN

Authors

  • Giovano Candiani
  • Claudio Luis de Camargo Penteado
  • Elisângela Cristina Cendretti Bernardes de Souza
  • Eliane Melo Dos Santos
  • Ana Elisa Chicarino Biondi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7154/RDG.2013.0025.0006

Keywords:

society, environment, small hydroel ectric center, environmental licensing, environmental impact assessment

Abstract

The generation of electricity is an activity that causes social and environmental impacts.  This article evaluates the socio-environmental impacts of the construction of a small hydroelectric plant (SHP) in Queluz, São Paulo, Brazil, in the Paraiba do Sul River Basin.The Preliminary Environmental Report lacks information, and participation of the affected population in the licensing and decision making processes was restricted and ineffective. Most of the population favored the construction of the Queluz Small Hydroelectric center. However, we found that the local community was not familiarized with the negatives impacts associated to this enterprise.The form that the environmental licensing of the Queluz SHP was carried out corroborates  the perception that many decisions surrounding the approval of this plant were political while technical aspects were neglected. Finally, we suggest that the licensing of SHPs should be analyzed in the same way as large ones because of their impacts local and regional communities.

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Author Biographies

  • Giovano Candiani
    Analista Ambiental - QSMA - Essencis S.A.Ecólogo (Unesp)Doutor em Energia - Universidade Federal do ABC, UFABC, Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Pós-Graduação em Energia
  • Claudio Luis de Camargo Penteado
    Possui graduação em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade de São Paulo (1997), mestrado em Ciências Sociais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (2001) e doutorado em Ciências Sociais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (2005). Atualmente é professor adjunto da Universidade Federal do ABC, atuando nos programas de pós-graduação em Ciências Humanas e Sociais e Energia da UFABC
  • Elisângela Cristina Cendretti Bernardes de Souza
    Engenheira AgrônomaUniversidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, UFRRJPós-Graduação em Educação Ambiental - FIC, Cruzeiro-SPPrefeitura Municipal de Queluz-SP
  • Eliane Melo Dos Santos
    BiólogaPós-Graduação em Educação Ambiental - FIC, Cruzeiro-SP
  • Ana Elisa Chicarino Biondi
    BiólogaPós-Graduação em Educação Ambiental - FIC, Cruzeiro-SP

Published

2013-07-31

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How to Cite

Candiani, G., Penteado, C. L. de C., Cendretti Bernardes de Souza, E. C., Dos Santos, E. M., & Biondi, A. E. C. (2013). A CASE STUDY ON THE SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE QUELUZ SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PLANT IN THE RIO PARAIBA DO SUL RIVER BASIN. Revista Do Departamento De Geografia, 25, 98-119. https://doi.org/10.7154/RDG.2013.0025.0006