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Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI, US

2013-08 to present | Assistant Professor (Community Sustainability)
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Works (15)

Large-scale hydropower impacts and adaptation strategies on rural communities in the Amazonian floodplain of the Madeira River

Journal of Environmental Management
2023-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0301-4797
Contributors: Caroline C. Arantes; Juliana Laufer; Adam Mayer; Emilio F. Moran; Igor R.A. Sant' Anna; Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli; Maria Claudia Lopez; Carolina R.C. Doria
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Local Climate Action Planning toward Larger Impact: Enhancing a Park System's Contributions by Examining Regional Efforts

Sustainability and Climate Change
2023-02-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2692-2924
Part of ISSN: 2692-2932
Contributors: Ellie A. Schiappa; Elizabeth E. Perry; Emily Huff; Maria Claudia Lopez
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Advancing convergence research: Renewable energy solutions for off-grid communities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2022-12-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
Contributors: Emilio F. Moran; Maria Claudia Lopez; Rachel Mourão; Erik Brown; Aaron M. McCright; Judith Walgren; Ana Paula Bortoleto; Adam Mayer; Igor Cavallini Johansen; Karina Ninni Ramos et al.
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Uncompensated losses and damaged livelihoods: Restorative and distributional injustices in Brazilian hydropower

Energy Policy
2022-08 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0301-4215
Contributors: Adam Mayer; Maria Claudia Lopez; Emilio F. Moran
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Maria Claudia Lopez
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Pretend Participation: Procedural Injustices in the Madeira Hydroelectric Complex

Global Environmental Change
2022-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0959-3780
Contributors: Adam Mayer; María Alejandra García; Laura Castro-Diaz; Maria Claudia Lopez; Emilio F. Moran
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Feasibility of hybrid in-stream generator–photovoltaic systems for Amazonian off-grid communities

PNAS Nexus
2022-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2752-6542
Contributors: Erik Brown; Igor Cavallini Johansen; Ana Paula Bortoleto; Yadu Pokhrel; Suyog Chaudhari; Anthony Cak; Samer Sulaeman; Laura Castro-Diaz; Maria Claudia Lopez; Adam Mayer et al.
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Maria Claudia Lopez
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Hydropower, Social Capital, Community Impacts, and Self‐Rated Health in the Amazon*

Rural Sociology
2022-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0036-0112
Part of ISSN: 1549-0831
Contributors: Adam Mayer; Maria Claudia Lopez; Igor Cavallini Johansen; Emilio Moran
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Decentralizing the Governance of Inland Fisheries in the Pacific Region of Colombia

International Journal of the Commons
2022-05-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1875-0281
Contributors: Natalia Ocampo-Diaz; Maria Claudia Lopez; Mark Axelrod; Patricia Norris
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Functional responses of fisheries to hydropower dams in the Amazonian Floodplain of the Madeira River

Journal of Applied Ecology
2022-03 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0021-8901
Part of ISSN: 1365-2664
Contributors: Caroline C. Arantes; Juliana Laufer; Pinto, MDS; Emilio Moran; Maria Claudia Lopez; Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli; Danielle Mendonça Pinto; Suyog Chaudhari; Yadu Pokhrel; Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Doria
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Changes in Social Capital Associated with the Construction of the Belo Monte Dam: Comparing a Resettled and a Host Community

Human Organization
2022-03-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1938-3525
Part of ISSN: 0018-7259
Contributors: Adam Mayer; Maria Claudia Lopez; Guillaume Leturcq; Emilio Moran
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Do government zoning policies improve buyer-farmer relationships? Evidence from Rwanda’s coffee sector

Food Policy
2022-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0306-9192
Contributors: Andrew Gerard; Maria Claudia Lopez; Nicole M. Mason; Alfred R. Bizoza
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Relational contracts and value chain governance: exporter approaches to overcoming transaction costs in Rwanda's coffee sector

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies
2021-12-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-0839
Contributors: Andrew Gerard; Maria Claudia Lopez; John Kerr; Alfred Runezerwa Bizoza
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Are large-scale hydroelectric dams inherently undemocratic?

Global Environmental Change
2021-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0959-3780
Contributors: María Alejandra García; Laura Castro-Díaz; Sergio Villamayor-Tomas; Maria Claudia Lopez
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Farmer cooperatives, gender and side-selling behavior in Burundi's coffee sector

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies
2021-10-18 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-0839
Contributors: Andrew Gerard; Maria Claudia Lopez; Daniel C. Clay; David L. Ortega
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Maria Claudia Lopez

Is hydropower worth it? Exploring amazonian resettlement, human development and environmental costs with the Belo Monte project in Brazil

Energy Research & Social Science
2021-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2214-6296
Contributors: Adam Mayer; Laura Castro-Diaz; Maria Claudia Lopez; Guillaume Leturcq; Emilio F. Moran
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Maria Claudia Lopez