Regional development and social acceptability of large infrastructure projects: the case of the PDRS Xingu Health Technical Chamber

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2020.1.34641

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Social acceptability. Social participation. Hydroelectric. Belo Monte.

Abstract

The article analyzes the process of social acceptability of the Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant and the disputes about the responsibility for health impacts through the analysis of the technical health chamber of the Sustainable Regional Development Plan of the Xingu. The analysis of the management process of this Plan evidenced how the inaccurate and conflicting relations between the public and private sectors affected attributions of responsibilities in mitigating social and environmental impacts. We find that the asymmetries of power between social groups and government agencies, the public-private relations, the weaknesses of the Brazilian federal pact and the tendency to overlap efforts in social participation, without articulation with existing mechanisms of participation and social control, tend to explain the reasons for the low effectiveness of the Plan to guarantee the regional sustainability of the territory impacted by Belo Monte.

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Márcia Grisotti, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Ufsc), Florianópolis, SC

Doutora em Sociologia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brasil, professora do Departamento de Sociologia e Ciência Política da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Ufsc), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.

Marina Reche Felipe, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Ufsc), Florianópolis, SC

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Ufsc), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.

André Marconato Ramos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP

Doutorando do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil.

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2020-05-26

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Grisotti, M., Felipe, M. R., & Ramos, A. M. (2020). Regional development and social acceptability of large infrastructure projects: the case of the PDRS Xingu Health Technical Chamber. Civitas: Journal of Social Sciences, 20(1), 32–42. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2020.1.34641

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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2020): Os novos desafios do desenvolvimento na região amazônica

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The new challenges of development in the Amazon region

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