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Brannstrom, Christian Professor and Associate Dean
Positions
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
- Professor and Associate Dean, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Brannstrom's research focuses on social and political aspects of renewable energy and unconventional fossil fuels in Texas. He also studies geographical dimensions of wind-power expansion in Brazil, where he has partnered with geographers at the Universidade Federal do Ceara'. He regularly hosts visiting scholars interested in theoretical and empirical dimensions of environmental governance. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, Texas Sea Grant, the TAMU Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, and Brazilian funding agencies.
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Seghezzo, L., Sneegas, G., Jepson, W., Brannstrom, C., Beckner, S., & Lee, K.
(2023).
The use and potential of Q method in environmental planning and management. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.
ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 1-27.
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Brannstrom, C., Jepson, W., Beckner, S., Sneegas, G., & Seghezzo, L.
(2022).
Not a silver bullet: social perspectives on desalination and water reuse in Texas. Urban Water Journal.
19(10), 1025-1037.
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Brannstrom, C., Ewers, M., & Schwarz, P.
(2022).
Will peak talent arrive before peak oil or peak demand?: Exploring whether career choices of highly skilled workers will accelerate the transition to renewable energy. Energy Research and Social Science.
93, 102834-102834.
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Brannstrom, C., & Gorayeb, A.
(2022).
Geographical Implications of Brazil's Emerging Green Hydrogen Sector. Journal of Latin American Geography.
21(1), 185-194.
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de Figueiredo Xavier, T. W., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2022).
Participatory Methodologies and the Production of Data on Artisanal Fishing in Areas with Offshore Wind Farm Projects in Cear, Brazil. Sustentabilidade em Debate.
13(1), 181-181.
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G, D., de Carvalho, R. G., Brannstrom, C., Gorayeb, A., & da Silva, M.
(2022).
ANLISE SOCIOAMBIENTAL DO PROCESSO DE IMPLANTAO/OPERAO DE USINAS ELICAS NA RESERVA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTVEL ESTADUAL PONTA DO TUBARO, MACAU/GUAMAR, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE BRASIL. Caminhos de Geografia.
23(85), 115-136.
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Brannstrom, C., & Gorayeb, A.
(2022).
Geographical Implications of Brazils Emerging Green Hydrogen Sector. Journal of Latin American Geography.
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Leite, N. S., Brannstrom, C., & Gorayeb, A.
(2022).
Procedural justice and responses from traditional communities to installation of wind farms on the west coast of Ceara, Brazil. Boletim Goiano de Geografia.
42(1),
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Brannstrom, C., Leite, N. S., Lavoie, A., & Gorayeb, A.
(2022).
What explains the community acceptance of wind energy? Exploring benefits, consultation, and livelihoods in coastal Brazil. Energy Research and Social Science.
83, 102344-102344.
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Iribarnegaray, M. A., Sullivan, A., Rodriguez-Alvarez, M. S., Brannstrom, C., Seghezzo, L., & White, D. D.
(2021).
Identifying diverging sustainability meanings for water policy: a Q-method study in Phoenix, Arizona. 23(2), 291-309.
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Sneegas, G., Beckner, S., Brannstrom, C., Jepson, W., Lee, K., & Seghezzo, L.
(2021).
Using Q-methodology in environmental sustainability research: A bibliometric analysis and systematic review. Ecological Economics.
180, 106864-106864.
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Willian de Figueiredo Xavier, T., Gorayeb Nogueira Caetano, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2021).
PARQUES ELICOS OFFSHORE NO BRASIL E OS POTENCIAIS IMPACTOS SOCIAIS: APLICAO DE MATRIZES SWOT. Arquivos de Ciências do Mar.
53(Especial), 89-99.
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Almeida, B., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2020).
A CARTOGRAFIA SOCIAL DO ASSENTAMENTO SABIAGUABA, CEAR, BRASIL UMA ESTRATGIA CARTOGRFICA EM PROL DA DEFESA TERRITORIAL DE COMUNIDADES TRADICIONAIS. Revista da Casa da Geografia de Sobral.
22(3), 5-21.
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Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2020).
LICENCIAMENTO AMBIENTAL E OPOSIO SOCIAL ENERGIA ELICA: ESTUDO DE CASO COM FOCO NO SOCIAL GAP EM COMUNIDADE LITORNEA DO CEAR, BRASIL. Revista de Geografia (Recife).
37(3), 65-65.
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Silva, L., Gorayeb, A., Brannstrom, C., & Jos Ary Junior, I.
(2020).
ANLISE DO RUDO E PERCEPO DOS IMPACTOS CAUSADOS POR PARQUE ELICO NA COMUNIDADE XAVIER, CAMOCIM, LITORAL OESTE DO CEAR. Geoambiente On-line.
84-105.
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Holanda Araujo, J. C., de Souza, W. F., de Andrade Meireles, A. J., & Brannstrom, C.
(2020).
Sustainability Challenges of Wind Power Deployment in Coastal Ceara State, Brazil. Sustainability.
12(14), 5562-5562.
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Aguiar Silva, L., Gorayeb, A., Brannstrom, C., & Ary Junior, I. J.
(2020).
NOISE ANALYSIS AND PERCEPTION OF IMPACTS CAUSED BY WIND FARM IN THE XAVIER COMMUNITY, CAMOCIM, WESTERN COASTLINE OF THE OF CEARA - BRAZIL. Geoambiente On-line.
84-105.
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Liliana Huaranca, L., Alejandro Iribarnegaray, M., Albesa, F., Norberto Volante, J., Brannstrom, C., & Seghezzo, L.
(2019).
Social Perspectives on Deforestation, Land Use Change, and Economic Development in an Expanding Agricultural Frontier in Northern Argentina. Ecological Economics.
165, 106424-106424.
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Frate, C. A., Brannstrom, C., Girao de Morais, M. V., & Caldeira-Pires, A.
(2019).
Procedural and distributive justice inform subjectivity regarding wind power: A case from Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Energy Policy.
132, 185-195.
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Beckner, S., Jepson, W., Brannstrom, C., & Tracy, J.
(2019).
'The San Antonio River Doesn't Start in San Antonio, It Now Starts in Burleson County': Stakeholder Perspectives on a Groundwater Transfer Project in Central Texas. Society & Natural Resources.
32(11), 1222-1238.
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Chaves, L. O., Brannstrom, C., & da Silva, E. V.
(2019).
Pluriatividade em uma comunidade pesqueira no litoral Leste do Cear: estimativas e desdobramentos para a gesto dos recursos ambientais. 293-324.
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Lavoie, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2019).
Assembling a Marine Extractive Reserve: The Case of the Cassurub RESEX in Brazil. Journal of Latin American Geography.
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Lavoie, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2019).
Assembling a Marine Extractive Reserve: The Case of the Cassuruba RESEX in Brazil. Journal of Latin American Geography.
18(2), 120-151.
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Frate, C. A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2019).
How Do Stakeholders Perceive Barriers to Large-Scale Wind Power Diffusion? A Q-Method Case Study from Ceara State, Brazil. Energies.
12(11), 2063-2063.
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Arozarena Llopis, I., Gutierrez Echeverria, A., Trimble, S., Brannstrom, C., & Houser, C.
(2018).
Determining Beach User Knowledge of Rip Currents in Costa Rica. Journal of Coastal Research.
34(5), 1105-1115.
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Brannstrom, C., Gorayeb, A., Souza, W., Leite, N. S., Chaves, L. O., Guimares, R., & G, D.
(2018).
Perspectivas geogrficas nas transformaes do litoral brasileiro pela energia elica. 63(1), 3-28.
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Gorayeb, A., Brannstrom, C., de Andrade Meireles, A. J., & Mendes, J.
(2018).
Wind power gone bad: Critiquing wind power planning processes in northeastern Brazil. Energy Research and Social Science.
40, 82-88.
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CHAVES, L. O., BRANNSTROM, C., & SILVA, E.
(2018).
ENERGIA ELICA E A CRIAO DE CONFLITOS: OCUPAO DOS ESPAOS DE LAZER EM UMA COMUNIDADE NO NORDESTE DO BRASIL. Sociedade e Território.
29(2), 49-49.
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Murphy, T., Brannstrom, C., Fry, M., & Ewers, M.
(2018).
Economic-Development Stakeholder Perspectives on Boomtown Dynamics in the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas. Geographical Review.
108(1), 24-44.
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Junior, P. F., Korb, C. C., & Brannstrom, C.
(2018).
Research on Technogene/Anthropocene in Brazil. Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences.
9(1), 1-10.
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Fry, M., & Brannstrom, C.
(2017).
Emergent patterns and processes in urban hydrocarbon governance. Energy Policy.
111, 383-393.
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Frate, C. A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2017).
Stakeholder subjectivities regarding barriers and drivers to the introduction of utility-scale solar photovoltaic power in Brazil. Energy Policy.
111, 346-352.
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Fry, M., Brannstrom, C., & Sakinejad, M.
(2017).
Suburbanization and shale gas wells: Patterns, planning perspectives, and reverse setback policies. Landscape and Urban Planning.
168, 9-21.
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Murphy, T., Brannstrom, C., & Fry, M.
(2017).
Ownership and Spatial Distribution of Eagle Ford Mineral Wealth in Live Oak County, Texas. Professional Geographer.
69(4), 616-628.
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Loureiro, C. V., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2017).
ANLISE COMPARATIVA DE POLTICAS DE IMPLANTAO E RESULTADOS SOCIAIS DA ENERGIA ELICA NO BRASIL E NOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. Revista Raega: O Espaço Geográfico em Análise.
40(0), 231-247.
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Loureiro, C. V., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2017).
Comparative analysis of implementation policies and social outcomes of wind power in Cear (Brazil) and Texas (USA). Revista Raega: O Espaço Geográfico em Análise.
40, 231-247.
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Brannstrom, C., Gorayeb, A., Mendes, J., Loureiro, C., de Andrade Meireles, A. J., da Silva, E. V., Ribeiro de Freitas, A. L., & de Oliveira, R. F.
(2017).
Is Brazilian wind power development sustainable? Insights from a review of conflicts in Ceara state. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
67(C), 62-71.
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Gorayeb, A., Brannstrom, C., de Sousa Mendes, J., de Andrade Meireles, A. J., Oliveira Chaves, L., & Vicente da Silva, E.
(2017).
JLAG Perspectives: Videography for Participatory Cartography in a Site of Wind Power Conflict in Coastal Ceara State, Brazil. Journal of Latin American Geography.
16(3), 159-163.
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Houser, C., Brander, R., Brannstrom, C., Trimble, S., & Flaherty, J.
(2016).
Case Study of Rip Current Knowledge amongst Students Participating in a Study Abroad Program. Frontiers: a journal of women studies.
28(1), 42-60.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2016).
The Discovery of Hispanic Child Labor in Agriculture in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas: A Life Geography Approach. ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS.
106(3), 705-721.
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Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2016).
CAMINHOS PARA UMA GESTO PARTICIPATIVA DOS RECURSOS ENERGTICOS DE MATRIZ RENOVVEL (PARQUES ELICOS) NO NORDESTE DO BRASIL. Mercator : Revista de Geografia da UFC.
15(1), 101-115.
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Mendes, J., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2016).
PARTICIPATORY DIAGNOSIS AND SOCIAL CARTOGRAPHY APPLIED TO STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF WIND POWER STATIONS IN THE COAST OF CEARA: THE CASE OF THE BEACH OF XAVIER, CAMOCIM. Geosaberes.
6, 243-254.
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Fry, M., Brannstrom, C., & Murphy, T.
(2015).
How Dallas became frack free: hydrocarbon governance under neoliberalism. Environment and Planning A.
47(12), 2591-2608.
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Brannstrom, C., Tilton, M., Klein, A., & Jepson, W.
(2015).
Spatial Distribution of Estimated Wind-Power Royalties in West Texas. Land.
4(4), 1182-1199.
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Brannstrom, C., & Houser, C.
(2015).
"Riding the rip": an experiential and integrated human- physical geography curriculum in Costa Rica. Journal of Geography in Higher Education.
39(4), 527-542.
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Santos, A. N., & Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
Livelihood strategies in a marine extractive reserve: Implications for conservation interventions. Marine Policy.
59(C), 44-52.
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Ogborn, M., & Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
The Journal of Historical Geography at 40. Journal of Historical Geography.
49, 1-1.
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Arozarena, I., Houser, C., Gutierrez Echeverria, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
The rip current hazard in Costa Rica. Natural Hazards.
77(2), 753-768.
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Frate, C. A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
"Will Brazil's ethanol ambitions undermine its agrarian reform goals? A study of social perspectives using Q-method". Journal of Rural Studies.
38, 89-98.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
SUSTENTABILIDADE EM FUNO DO USO NO SUSTENTVEL DOS RECURSOS NATURAIS NO OESTE BAIANO E EAGLE FORD TEXANO. Mercator : Revista de Geografia da UFC.
14(1), 89-104.
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Brannstrom, C., & Fry, M.
(2015).
Op-Ed: Preemption and Scalar Politics, from Living Wages to Hydraulic Fracturing. AAG Newsletter.
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Loureiro, C. V., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
INSTALLATION OF WIND POWER AND ESTIMATIVE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LOSSES IN A SECTOR OF THE WEST COAST OF CEARA, BRAZIL. Geosaberes.
6, 24-38.
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Loureiro, V., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
Implantao de energia elica e estimativa das perdas ambientais em um setor do litoral oeste do Cear, Brasil. Geosaberes.
6(1), 24-38.
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Brannstrom, C., Brown, H. L., Houser, C., Trimble, S., & Santos, A.
(2015).
"You can't see them from sitting here": Evaluating beach user understanding of a rip current warning sign. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY.
56, 61-70.
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Alejandro Iribarnegaray, M., Gatto D'Andrea, M. L., Soledad Rodriguez-Alvarez, M., Eugenia Hernandez, M., Brannstrom, C., & Seghezzo, L.
(2015).
From Indicators to Policies: Open Sustainability Assessment in the Water and Sanitation Sector. Sustainability.
7(11), 14537-14557.
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Iribarnegaray, M. A., de la Zerda, M., Hutton, C. M., Brannstrom, C., Liberal, V. I., Tejerina, W., & Seghezzo, L.
(2014).
Water-conservation policies in perspective: insights from a Q-method study in Salta, Argentina. Water Policy.
16(5), 897-916.
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Brannstrom, C., Trimble, S., Santos, A., Brown, H. L., & Houser, C.
(2014).
Perception of the rip current hazard on Galveston Island and North Padre Island, Texas, USA. Natural Hazards.
72(2), 1123-1138.
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Lemmons, K. K., Brannstrom, C., & Hurd, D.
(2014).
Exposing students to repeat photography: increasing cultural understanding on a short- term study abroad. Journal of Geography in Higher Education.
38(1), 86-105.
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Brannstrom, C., & Brandao, P.
(2012).
TWO HUNDRED HECTARES OF GOOD BUSINESS: BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURE IN A THEMED SPACE. Geographical Review.
102(4), 465-485.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2012).
John Shary, Charles Pease, and contested irrigation landscapes in early-twentieth-century South Texas. Journal of Historical Geography.
38(3), 234-246.
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Jepson, W., Brannstrom, C., & Persons, N.
(2012).
"We Don't Take the Pledge": Environmentality and environmental skepticism at the epicenter of US wind energy development. Geoforum.
43(4), 851-863.
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Brannstrom, C., Rausch, L., Brown, J. C., Teixeira de Andrade, R. M., & Miccolis, A.
(2012).
Compliance and market exclusion in Brazilian agriculture: Analysis and implications for "soft" governance. Land Use Policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use.
29(2), 357-366.
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Wilcox-Moore, K., Brannstrom, C., Sorice, M. G., & Kreuter, U. P.
(2011).
The Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Fuelwood Access on Domestic Fuelwood Use in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Journal of Latin American Geography.
10(2), 195-216.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2011).
A Q-Method Analysis of Environmental Governance Discourses in Brazil's Northeastern Soy Frontier. Professional Geographer.
63(4), 531-549.
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Houser, C., Brannstrom, C., Quiring, S. M., & Lemmons, K. K.
(2011).
Study Abroad Field Trip Improves Test Performance through Engagement and New Social Networks. Journal of Geography in Higher Education.
35(4), 513-528.
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Hill, M. J., Roman, M. O., Schaaf, C. B., Hutley, L., Brannstrom, C., Etter, A., & Hanan, N. P.
(2011).
Characterizing vegetation cover in global savannas with an annual foliage clumping index derived from the MODIS BRDF product. Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal.
115(8), 2008-2024.
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Brannstrom, C., Jepson, W., & Persons, N.
(2011).
Social Perspectives on Wind-Power Development in West Texas. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
101(4), 839-851.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2010).
A Fundao Rockefeller e a campanha de erradicao da ancilostomase em So Paulo (1917-1926). DOI: 10.5212/Rev.Hist.Reg.v.15i2.010048. Revista de História Regional.
15(2), 010-048.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2010).
Biography in Environmental History: Consolidating the Cultural Turn DOI:10.5007/1807-1384.2010v7n1p28. Revista Internacional Interdisciplinar INTERthesis.
7(1),
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Brannstrom, C.
(2010).
Forests for cotton: Institutions and organizations in Brazil's mid-twentieth-century cotton boom. Journal of Historical Geography.
36(2), 169-182.
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Jepson, W., Brannstrom, C., & Filippi, A.
(2010).
Access Regimes and Regional Land Change in the Brazilian Cerrado, 1972-2002. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
100(1), 87-111.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2009).
South America's neoliberal agricultural frontiers: places of environmental sacrifice or conservation opportunity?. Ambio.
38(3), 141-149.
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Brannstrom, C., & Neuman, M.
(2009).
INVENTING THE "MAGIC VALLEY" OF SOUTH TEXAS, 1905-1941. Geographical Review.
99(2), 123-145.
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Filippi, A. M., Brannstrom, C., Dobreva, I., Cairns, D. M., & Kim, D.
(2009).
Unsupervised Fuzzy ARTMAP Classification of Hyperspectral Hyperion Data for Savanna and Agriculture Discrimination in the Brazilian Cerrado. GIScience and Remote Sensing.
46(1), 1-23.
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Brannstrom, C., Jepson, W., Filippi, A. M., Redo, D., Xu, Z., & Ganesh, S.
(2008).
Land change in the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado), 1986-2002: Comparative analysis and implications for land-use policy. Land Use Policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use.
25(4), 579-595.
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Brannstrom, C., & Filippi, A. M.
(2008).
Remote classification of Cerrado (Savanna) and agricultural land covers in northeastern Brazil. Geocarto International.
23(2), 109-134.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2006).
Labor relations in the cotonicultura of the Oeste Paulista (1930-1960): a view of the Archive of the Forum of the District of Assis. 2(1), 85-100.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2005).
Was Brazilian Industrialisation Fuelled by Wood? Evaluating the Wood Hypothesis, 1900-1960. Environment and History.
11(4), 395-430.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2005).
The Timber Trade in Southeastern Brazil, 19201960. Bulletin of Latin American Research.
24(3), 288-310.
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Jepson, W. E., Brannstrom, C., & de Souza, R. S.
(2005).
A case of contested ecological modernisation: the governance of genetically modified crops in Brazil. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy.
23(2), 295-310.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2005).
Environmental policy reform on north-eastern Brazil's agricultural frontier. Geoforum.
36(2), 257-271.
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Brannstrom, C., Clarke, J., & Newport, M.
(2004).
Civil society participation in the decentralisation of Brazil's water resources: Assessing participation in three states. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography.
25(3), 304-321.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2004).
Decentralising Water Resource Management in Brazil. European Journal of Development Research.
16(1), 214-234.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2003).
Post-1940 occurrence of the Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata) in the Middle Paranapanema River Valley, So Paulo State, Brazil. Ararajuba.
11(1), 93-94.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2002).
Rethinking the 'Atlantic Forest' of Brazil: new evidence for land cover and land value in western Sao Paulo, 1900-1930. Journal of Historical Geography.
28(3), 420-439.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2001).
Producing possession: labour, law and land on a Brazilian agricultural frontier, 1920-1945. Political Geography.
20(7), 859-883.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2001).
Conservation-with-development models in Brazil's agro-pastoral landscapes. 29(8), 1345-1359.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2000).
Coffee Labor Regimes and Deforestation on a Brazilian Frontier, 19151965*. Economic Geography.
76(4), 326-346.
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Brannstrom, C., & Oliveira, A.
(2000).
Human modification of stream valleys in the western plateau of Sao Paulo, Brazil: Implications for environmental narratives and management. Land Degradation and Development.
11(6), 535-548.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2000).
Coffee labor regimes and deforestation on a Brazilian frontier, 1915-1965. Economic Geography.
76(4), 326-346.
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Brannstrom, C.
(1997).
Brazilian county-level juridical documents as sources for historical geography: a case study from western Sao Paulo State. 23, 41-50.
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Brannstrom, C.
(1997).
Polluted soil, polluted souls: The Rockefeller hookworm eradication campaign in So Paulo, Brazil, 1917-1926. Historical Geography.
25(1-2), 25-45.
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Brannstrom, C.
(1995).
Almost a Canal: Visions of Interoceanic Communication Across Southern Nicaragua. Cultural Geographies.
2(1), 65-87.
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Brannstrom, C.
(1995).
The River of Silver and the Island of Brazil. Terrae Incognitae: The Journal for the History of Discoveries.
27(1), 1-14.
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Sorani, J., Seghezzo, L., Brannstrom, C., Rodriguez-Alvarez, M. S., Albesa, F., & Iribarnegaray, M. A.
Option of last resort or pragmatic solution? Social perspectives on onsite wastewater treatment systems in northern Argentina. Urban Water Journal.
ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 1-12.
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De Figueiredo Xavier, T. W., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
Parques elicos martimos (offshore) como fronteira energtica? Impactos e sinergias com os aspectos socioambientais e a atividade pesqueira no Nordeste do Brasil. 29(3),
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Figueroa, C., Brannstrom, C., Seghezzo, L., Lee, K., & Jepson, W.
Social perspectives on the sustainability challenges within the desalination sector: a Q-method study. Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy.
20(1), 2400761.
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Seghezzo, L., Sneegas, G., Jepson, W., Brannstrom, C., Beckner, S., & Lee, K.
(2023).
The use and potential of Q method in environmental planning and management. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.
ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 1-27.
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chapter
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Brannstrom, C.
(2023).
Chapter 11 The emerging energy future(s) of renewable power and electrochemistry: Advancing or undermining energy democracy?. Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures.
(pp. 99-106).
Elsevier.
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Xavier, T., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2023).
Chapter 21 Participatory cartography as a means to facilitate democratic governance of offshore wind power in Brazil. Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures.
(pp. 185-193).
Elsevier.
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Escosteguy, M., Paz, W., Iribarnegaray, M. A., Clavijo, A., Insaurralde, C. O., Stern, H., ... Seghezzo, L.
(2023).
Chapter 24 Will electro-mobility encourage injustices? The case of lithium production in the Argentine Puna. Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures.
(pp. 225-232).
Elsevier.
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Brannstrom, C., & Fry, M.
(2017).
The Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies. Bouzarovski, S., Pasqualetti, M. J., & Broto, V. C. (Eds.),
The Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies.
(pp. 17-31).
Routledge.
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Broadstone, S., & Brannstrom, C.
(2017).
'Growing food is work': The Labour Challenges of Urban Agriculture in Houston, Texas. GLOBAL URBAN AGRICULTURE: CONVERGENCE OF THEORY AND PRACTICE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.
(pp. 66-78).
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Jepson, W., & Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
Techno-Nature and Scaling Water Governance in South Texas. Norman, E. S., Cook, C., & Cohen, A. (Eds.),
NEGOTIATING WATER GOVERNANCE: WHY THE POLITICS OF SCALE MATTER.
(pp. 155-172).
Ashgate Publishing.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2012).
Agriculture. Crocitti, J. J., & Vallance, M. M. (Eds.),
Brazil Today An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic.
(pp. 20-24).
ABC-CLIO.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2012).
Cerrado. Crocitti, J. J., & Vallance, M. M. (Eds.),
Brazil Today An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic.
(pp. 142-145).
ABC-CLIO.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2012).
Environmental movement. Crocitti, J. J., & Vallance, M. M. (Eds.),
Brazil Today An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic.
(pp. 221-230).
ABC-CLIO.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2012).
Ethanol. Crocitti, J. J., & Vallance, M. M. (Eds.),
Brazil Today An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic.
(pp. 232-236).
ABC-CLIO.
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Brannstrom, C., & Filippi, A. M.
(2012).
Environmental policies for modern agriculture?. Sustainable Development: National Aspirations, Local Implementation.
(pp. 271-291).
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Brannstrom, C.
(2011).
Renewed El Dorado. Dym, J., & Offen, K. (Eds.),
Mapping Latin America A Cartographic Reader.
(pp. 269-272).
University Of Chicago Press.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2009).
Brazil. Blouet, B. W., & Blouet, O. M. (Eds.),
Latin America and the Caribbean A Systematic and Regional Survey.
(pp. 293-318).
JOhn Wiley & Sons.
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Jepson, W. E., Brannstrom, C., & De Souza, R. S.
(2008).
9. Brazilian Biotechnology Governance: Consensus and Confl ict over Genetically Modifi ed Crops. Food for the Few.
(pp. 217-242).
University of Texas Press.
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Jepson, W. E., Brannstrom, C., & De Souza, R. S.
(2008).
Brazilian biotechnology governance: Consensus and confict over genetically modifed crops. Food for the Few: Neoliberal Globalism and Biotechnology in Latin America.
(pp. 217-242).
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Brannstrom, C.
(2004).
Talking to sediments: Reading environmental history from post-settlement alluvium in western So Paulo, Brazil. Brannstrom, C. (Eds.),
Territories, Commodities and Knowledges Latin American Environmental History in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
(pp. 171-191).
Inst of Latin American Studies.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2023).
Chapter 11 The emerging energy future(s) of renewable power and electrochemistry: Advancing or undermining energy democracy?. Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures.
(pp. 99-106).
Elsevier.
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conference paper
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Tavares, G. U., da Silva, R. B., de Figueiredo Xavier, T. W., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2021).
Participatory Mapping and SWOT in the context of the Water-Food-Energy Nexus for attaining SDGs in Eastern Amazonia. Proceedings of the ICA.
105.
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Gorayeb, A., Mendes, J., de Andrade Meireles, A. J., Brannstrom, C., da Silva, E. V., & Ribeiro de Freitas, A. L.
(2016).
Wind-energy Development Causes Social Impacts in Coastal Ceara state, Brazil: The Case of the Xavier Community. Journal of Coastal Research.
383-387.
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Filippi, A. M., Brannstrom, C., Cairns, D. M., & Kim, D.
(2007).
Hyperion and CBERS satellite image classification intercomparison for Cerrado and agricultural mapping. Proceedings of SPIE.
674913-674913-12-674913-12.
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Tavares, G. U., da Silva, R. B., de Figueiredo Xavier, T. W., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C.
(2021).
Participatory Mapping and SWOT in the context of the Water-Food-Energy Nexus for attaining SDGs in Eastern Amazonia. Proceedings of the ICA.
105.
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review
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Brannstrom, C.
(2022).
Navigating Life and Work in Old Republic Sao Paulo. Journal of Latin American Geography.
217-+.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2021).
Agriculture and Industry in Brazil: Innovation and Competitiveness. Bulletin of Latin American Research.
772-774.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2019).
Review of Brazil and climate change beyond the Amazon. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
1-1.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2019).
Technocrats and the Politics of Drought and Development in Twentieth-Century Brazil. Journal of Latin American Geography.
219-221.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2018).
Cattle in the Backlands: Mato Grosso and the Evolution of Ranching in the Brazilian Tropics. Journal of Latin American Geography.
276-278.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2016).
A Fragmented Continent: Latin America and the Global Politics of Climate Change. Journal of Latin American Geography.
124-126.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
Challenging Social Inequality: The Landless Rural Workers Movement and Agrarian Reform in Brazil. Journal of Latin American Geography.
287-289.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
Postcards from the Rio Bravo Border: Picturing the Place, Placing the Picture, 1900s-1950s. Journal of Historical Geography.
107-108.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2014).
The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da Cunha. AAG Review of Books.
77-79.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2013).
Where Rivers Meet the Sea: The Political Ecology of Water. Journal of Latin American Studies.
848-850.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2013).
The Deepest Wounds: A Labor and Environmental History of Sugar in Northeastern Brazil. Bulletin of Latin American Research.
125-U158.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2012).
Workers, State and Development in Brazil: Powers of Labour, Chains of Value. Journal of Economic Geography.
1293-1294.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2012).
Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes. Hispanic American Historical Review.
550-551.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2011).
Historic Geography of Rio de Janeiro (1502-1700). Journal of Historical Geography.
393-394.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2011).
THIS LAND IS OURS NOW: Social Mobilization and the Meanings of Land in Brazil. Geographical Review.
292-294.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2011).
La Patria del Criollo: An Interpretation of Colonial Guatemala (review). Journal of Latin American Geography.
244-245.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2010).
From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba: An Environmental History since 1492. Journal of Latin American Studies.
173-174.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2009).
Greening Brazil: Environmental Activism in State and Society. Bulletin of Latin American Research.
300-301.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2008).
Reviews - Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen (ed.), in collaboration with Heleen van den Hombergh and Annelies Zoomers, Partnerships in Sustainable Forest Resource Management: Learning from Latin America (Leiden: Brill, 2007), pp. xvi+369, 49.00; $66.00, pb. Journal of Latin American Studies.
378-380.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2007).
Landscapes of power and identity: Comparative histories in the Sonoran Desert and the forests of Amazonia from colony to republic. Journal of Latin American Studies.
395-396.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2007).
Waiting for Rain: The Politics and Poetry of Drought in Northeast Brazil by Nicholas G. Arons. Bulletin of Latin American Research.
300-301.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2006).
Socioenvironmentalism and new laws: legal protection of biological and cultural diversity. Journal of Latin American Studies.
419-421.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2005).
Colonialism and landscape: Postcolonial theory and applications. Journal of Latin American Studies.
226-228.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2004).
Notes of a potato watcher. Journal of Latin American Studies.
833-834.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2004).
Cultivated landscapes of middle America on the eve of conquest. Journal of Latin American Studies.
148-149.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2004).
States of nature: Science, agriculture, and environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940. Journal of Latin American Studies.
167-168.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2003).
Overexploitation or sustainable management: Action patterns of the tropical timber industry, the case of Para (Brazil), 1960-1997. Journal of Latin American Studies.
661-662.
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BRANNSTROM, C.
(2003).
Richard P. Tucker, Insatiable Appetite: The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World (Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press, 2000), pp. xiii+551, $45.00; 28.50, hb. -. Journal of Latin American Studies.
426-427.
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BRANNSTROM, C.
(2002).
William M. Denevan, Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. xxx+396, 70.00 hb. -. Journal of Latin American Studies.
717-767.
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BRANNSTROM, C.
(2001).
Joo Pacheco de Oliveira (ed.), Indigenismo e territorializao: poderes, rotinas e saberes coloniais no Brasil contemporneo (Rio de Janeiro: Contra Capa, 1999), pp. 310, pb. -. Journal of Latin American Studies.
867-916.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2001).
Livestock, sugar and coffee in Latin America's "long" nineteenth century. Journal of Historical Geography.
264-270.
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BRANNSTROM, C.
(2000).
Csar J. Ayala, American Sugar Kingdom: the Plantation Economy of the Spanish Caribbean, 18981934 (Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1999), pp. xii+321, 37.95, 15.50 pb. -. Journal of Latin American Studies.
825-862.
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Brannstom, C.
(1996).
Coffee, Society, and Power in Latin America. Geographical Review.
465-465.
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Brannstrom, C.
(1995).
Prize possessions: The United States and the Panama Canal John Major, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Pp. xviii+432. 45.00). Journal of Historical Geography.
230-231.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2022).
Navigating Life and Work in Old Republic Sao Paulo. Journal of Latin American Geography.
217-+.
editor of
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book
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Brannstrom, C., & Vadjunec, J. M.
(2013).
NOTES FOR AVOIDING A MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE Integrating land change science and political ecology
Brannstrom, C., & Vadjunec, J. M. (Eds.),
Taylor & Francis.
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Brannstrom, C.
(2004).
Territories, Commodities and Knowledges Latin American Environmental History in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Brannstrom, C. (Eds.),
Inst of Latin American Studies.
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Brannstrom, C., & Vadjunec, J. M.
(2013).
NOTES FOR AVOIDING A MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE Integrating land change science and political ecology
Brannstrom, C., & Vadjunec, J. M. (Eds.),
Taylor & Francis.
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chapter
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Brannstrom, C., & Vadjunec, J. M.
(2014).
Notes for avoiding a missed opportunity in sustainability science: Integrating land change science and political ecology
Routledge.
1-23.
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Brannstrom, C., & Gallini, S.
(2004).
An introduction to Latin American environmental history
Inst of Latin American Studies.
1-20.
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Brannstrom, C., & Vadjunec, J. M.
(2014).
Notes for avoiding a missed opportunity in sustainability science: Integrating land change science and political ecology
Routledge.
1-23.
Research
principal investigator on
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Environmental Attitudes and Policy Formulation Associated with Rapid Energy-Related Development awarded by Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2015 - 2019
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Examining Environmental Subjectivity and Policy Formation in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2015 - 2019
- Collaborative Research: New geographies of shale gas: distance regulation and policy mobility across Texas awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2013 - 2016
co-principal investigator on
- Outreach: Perception of the Rip Current Hazard awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2015
- Outreach: United States "Rip Current Survivor Story" awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2015
Teaching
teaching activities
- ARSC301 Arts & Sciences Study Abroad Instructor
- CLGE001 Academic Success Instructor
- GEOG201 Intro To Human Geog Instructor
- GEOG309 Geography Of Energy Instructor
- GEOG323 Geog Of Latin America Instructor
- GEOG409 Geographies Of Decarbonization Instructor
- GEOG450 Field Geography-costa Rica Instructor
- GEOG485 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOG485 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOG491 Research Instructor
- GEOG619 Human Impact On Enviro Instructor
- GEOG685 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOG691 Research Instructor
- GEOS205 Env Geos Cornerstone Instructor
- GEOS301 Geos Study Abroad Instructor
- GEOS410 Global Change Instructor
- GEOS484 Internship Instructor
- SCEN301 Science Study Abroad Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Broadstone, Sasha B. (2014-05). Growing Food is Work: A Spatial and Social Analysis of Urban Agriculture in Houston.
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Dicce, Ryan P (2019-07). EXPLAINING RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION THROUGH HUMAN CAPITAL ANALYSIS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
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Hopf, Frank (2012-02). Levee Failures in the Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta: Characteristics and Perspectives.
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Loder, Thomas Andrew (2018-06). An Examination of Ideology and Subject Formation Among Elite and Ordinary Residents in the Bakken Shale, North Dakota, 2015-2016.
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Loder, Thomas Andrew (2018-08). An Examination of Ideology and Subject Formation Among Elite and Ordinary Residents in the Bakken Shale, North Dakota, 2015-2016.
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Murphy, Trey Daniel-Aaron (2016-05). "It All Depends on the Price of Oil!": Eagle Ford Shale Economic Development Outcomes in a Boom-Bust Milieu.
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Persons, Nicole D. (2010-07). Perceived Socioeconomic Impacts of Wind Energy in West Texas.
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Saguin, Kristian Karlo Cordova (2013-10). Fish for the City: Urban Political Ecologies of Laguna Lake Aquaculture.
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Santos, Anna Nunes (2015-01). Determinants of Livelihood Strategies in a Marine Extractive Reserve.
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Tilton, Mary (2015-11). Using GIS to Estimate the Spatial Distribution of Wind-Power Royalties in West Texas.
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Wilcox-Moore, Kellie J. (2010-07). Fuelwood Use by Rural Households in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
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Wilmot, Fiona Coralie (2014-05). Making Mangroves: Ecologies of Mangrove Restoration in El Salvador, 2011-2013.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Geography, University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States) 1998
- M.S. in Geography, University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States) 1992
- A.B. in International Relations, University of California, Davis - (Davis, California, United States) 1990
awards and honors
Contact
first name
- Christian
has last name
- Brannstrom
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Geography
3147 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3147
USA
Other
- cbrannst@tamu.edu