Most cited papers in Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
What are the most cited papers in Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact?
The most cited paper in Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact is "A global boom in hydropower dam construction" (Christiane Zarfl, Alexander E. Lumsdon, Jürgen Berlekamp et al., 2014), with 2,197 citations. Next come "Collective Action, Property Rights, and Decentralization in Resource Use in India and Nepal" (950) and "Paradoxes of participation: questioning participatory approaches to development" (859).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 272 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A global boom in hydropower dam construction Christiane Zarfl, Alexander E. Lumsdon, Jürgen Berlekamp et al. · Aquatic Sciences | 24 Oct 2014 | 2,197 |
| 2 | Collective Action, Property Rights, and Decentralization in Resource Use in India and Nepal Arun Agrawal, Элинор Остром · Politics & Society | Dec 2001 | 950 |
| 3 | Paradoxes of participation: questioning participatory approaches to development Frances Cleaver · Journal of International Development | Jun 1999 | 859 |
| 4 | Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse, Eugenio Yatsuda Arima, Thomas Dunne et al. · Nature | Jun 2017 | 840 |
| 5 | Hydrosocial territories: a political ecology perspective Rutgerd Boelens, Jaime Hoogesteger, Erik A. Swyngedouw et al. · Water International | 2 Jan 2016 | 782 |
| 6 | Hydro-hegemony – a framework for analysis of trans-boundary water conflicts Mark Zeitoun, Jeroen Frank Warner · Water Policy | 5 Sep 2006 | 777 |
| 7 | Is Small Really Beautiful? Community-based Natural Resource Management in Malawi and Botswana Piers M. Blaikie · World Development | 21 Sep 2006 | 767 |
| 8 | The risks and reconstruction model for resettling displaced populations Michael M. Cernea · World Development | Oct 1997 | 752 |
| 9 | Should we build more large dams? The actual costs of hydropower megaproject development Atif Ansar, Bent Flyvbjerg, Alexander Budzier et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) | 29 Aug 2014 | 747 |
| 10 | Access and Property: A Question of Power and Authority Thomas O. Sikor, Christian Have Lund · Development and Change | 2009 | 735 |
| 11 | Sustainable hydropower in the 21st century Emilio Federico Moran, María Claudia López, Nathan J. Moore et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 5 Nov 2018 | 706 |
| 12 | Social licence and mining: A critical perspective John R. Owen, Deanna Kemp · Resources Policy | 15 Sep 2012 | 697 |
| 13 | Adaptive Capacity and Community-Based Natural Resource Management Derek R. Armitage · Environmental Management | 27 May 2005 | 695 |
| 14 | Conflict and cooperation along international waterways Alexander M. Wolf · Water Policy | Apr 1998 | 672 |
| 15 | CONTESTED TERRAIN: Mining and the Environment Gavin Bridge · Annual Review of Environment and Resources | 21 Oct 2004 | 660 |
| 16 | Governance Principles for Natural Resource Management Michael Lockwood, Julie L. Davidson, Allan Lindsay Curtis et al. · Society & Natural Resources | 19 Jul 2010 | 635 |
| 17 | Equity and justice in climate change adaptation amongst natural-resource-dependent societies David S.G. Thomas, Chasca Twyman · Global Environmental Change | 13 Apr 2005 | 619 |
| 18 | Resource Wars: The Anthropology of Mining Chris Ballard, Glenn Banks · Annual Review of Anthropology | Oct 2003 | 584 |
| 19 | Eviction for Conservation: A Global Overview Dan Brockington, James Igoe · Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) | Jul 2006 | 584 |
| 20 | Hazards of Expropriation: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Rural China Hanan G. Jacoby, Li Guo, Scott Rozelle · American Economic Review | Nov 2002 | 578 |
| 21 | Contention and Ambiguity: Mining and the Possibilities of Development Anthony Bebbington, Leonith Hinojosa, Denise Humphreys Bebbington et al. · Development and Change | Nov 2008 | 569 |
| 22 | Mining and Social Movements: Struggles Over Livelihood and Rural Territorial Development in the Andes Anthony Bebbington, Denise Humphreys Bebbington, Jeffrey Todd Bury et al. · World Development | 17 Oct 2008 | 559 |
| 23 | An urbanization bomb? Population growth and social disorder in cities Halvard Buhaug, Henrik Urdal · Global Environmental Change | 29 Nov 2012 | 554 |
| 24 | Climate change, environmental degradation and migration Koko Warner, Mo Hamza, Anthony Oliver‐Smith et al. · Natural Hazards | 17 Aug 2009 | 554 |
| 25 | Managed retreat as a response to natural hazard risk Miyuki Hino, Christopher B. Field, Katharine J. Mach · Nature Climate Change | 27 Mar 2017 | 548 |
| 26 | Proliferation of Hydroelectric Dams in the Andean Amazon and Implications for Andes-Amazon Connectivity Matt Finer, Clinton N. Jenkins · PLoS ONE | 18 Apr 2012 | 532 |
| 27 | Environmental conflicts and defenders: A global overview Arnim Scheidel, Daniela Del Bene, Juan Liu et al. · Global Environmental Change | Jun 2020 | 522 |
| 28 | International waters: identifying basins at risk Aaron T. Wolf, Shira B. Yoffe, Mark Giordano · Water Policy | Feb 2003 | 522 |
| 29 | Armed Conflict and The Environment: A Critique of the Literature Nils Petter Gleditsch · Journal of Peace Research | May 1998 | 519 |
| 30 | Evaluating the environmental and economic impact of mining for post-mined land restoration and land-use: A review Adator Stephanie Worlanyo, Jiangfeng Li · Journal of Environmental Management | 19 Nov 2020 | 513 |
| 31 | Natural Change and Human Impact in Madagascar Lee Durrell · Biodiversity and Conservation | Jun 1998 | 513 |
| 32 | The Water Poverty Index: Development and application at the community scale Caroline A Sullivan, Jeremy Meigh, Anna Marie Giacomello · Natural Resources Forum | Aug 2003 | 501 |
| 33 | Beyond the river: the benefits of cooperation on international rivers Claudia Sadoff · Water Policy | 2002 | 487 |
| 34 | Extreme water-related weather events and waterborne disease Kimberley Cann, Daniel Rhys Thomas, Roland L. Salmon et al. · Epidemiology and Infection | 9 Aug 2012 | 481 |
| 35 | Disrupting biogeochemical cycles - Consequences of damming Gabriela Friedl, Alfred Wüest · Aquatic Sciences | Apr 2002 | 474 |
| 36 | Political ecology Raymond L. Bryant · Political Geography | 1992 | 455 |
| 37 | Social impact assessment in the mining sector: Review and comparison of indicators frameworks Lucia Mancini, Serenella Sala · Resources Policy | 27 Feb 2018 | 454 |
| 38 | Water conservancy projects in China: Achievements, challenges and way forward Junguo Liu, Junguo Liu, Chuanfu Zang et al. · Global Environmental Change | 13 Mar 2013 | 438 |
| 39 | Environmental NGOs and Institutional Dynamics in China Guobin Yang · The China Quarterly | Mar 2005 | 437 |
| 40 | Poverty Risks and National Parks: Policy Issues in Conservation and Resettlement Michael M. Cernea, Kai Schmidt–Soltau · World Development | 10 Aug 2006 | 423 |
| 41 | Policy and praxis of land acquisition in China Chengri Ding · Land Use Policy | 12 Nov 2005 | 415 |
| 42 | Deep into the mud: ecological and socio-economic impacts of the dam breach in Mariana, Brazil Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Fernando Figueiredo Goulart, Bernardo Dourado Ranieri et al. · Natureza & Conservação | Jul 2016 | 408 |
| 43 | Global proliferation of small hydropower plants – science and policy Thiago B. A. Couto, Julian D. Olden · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 10 Jan 2018 | 407 |
| 44 | Fish Migration, Dams, and Loss of Ecosystem Services in the Mekong Basin Patrick Dugan, Chris Barlow, Ângelo Antônio Agostinho et al. · AMBIO | Jun 2010 | 404 |
| 45 | Lost in Development's Shadow: The Downstream Human Consequences of Dams Brian D. Richter, Sandra L. Postel, Carmen Revenga et al. · Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University) | 2010 | 399 |
| 46 | Capitalism and Conservation: The Production and Reproduction of Biodiversity Conservation Dan Brockington, Rosaleen V. Duffy · Antipode | 21 May 2010 | 395 |
| 47 | An analysis of factors leading to the establishment of a social licence to operate in the mining industry Jason Prno · Resources Policy | 17 Oct 2013 | 388 |
| 48 | Defining, researching and struggling for water justice: some conceptual building blocks for research and action Margreet Zwarteveen, Rutgerd Boelens · Water International | 23 Feb 2014 | 383 |
| 49 | Mining and the African Environment David P. Edwards, Sean Sloan, Lingfei Weng et al. · Conservation Letters | 28 Oct 2013 | 381 |
| 50 | Hydropower and the future of Amazonian biodiversity Alexander Charles Lees, Carlos A. Peres, Philip M. Fearnside et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation | Mar 2016 | 377 |
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