Hydroelectric centrals’ impact on territorial sustainability: analysis in southern Colombia

• Authors: Duván Ramírez , Luis Alfredo Muñoz Velasco

Abstracts

EN

This study evaluates sustainability in the Huila Department in southern Colombia following the construction of two hydroelectric plants. This evaluation is based on the Sepúlveda (2008) sustainability analysis model, which is especially suited to Latin American rural territories. The importance of this evaluation of sustainability in the Huila region stems from the environmental crisis that, according to various regional stakeholders, has been caused by the construction of the two hydroelectric plants. The results of this investigation indicate that the sustainability of the region is at risk because of these hydroelectric projects.

Keywords

EN

Sustainability; hydroelectric sector; location factors; Huila; Colombia

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 73-84

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Duván Ramírez

• Faculty of Accounting, Economic and Administrative Sciences, University of Manizales, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia

author

Luis Alfredo Muñoz Velasco

• Faculty of Economics and Administration, Surcolombiana University, Neiva, Huila, Colombia

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Biblioteka Nauki

947012