Dams must provide human development with economic viability, social equitability, and be environmentally sustainable However, environmental and social impacts are often negative and seldom considered in the design of these projects. We made a multitemporal analysis classifying 26 satellite images of several Mexican hydroelectric power stations between 1972 and 2016 to evaluate the effect of dams on the change in land use. Eleven socio-economic indicators were also compared before and after the construction of the dam to document effects on local communities. We use the Land Change Modeler to quantify the net changes in land use and land cover. We found a mean decrease in tropical forest (1,404.19 km2) and temperate forest (1,191.26 km2) and an increase in agriculture (2,241.26 km2) and urban use (92.9 km2). The results also show that although some indicators improved, the environmental deterioration around these projects shows that they are not sustainable.

大坝必须为人类发展提供经济上的生存能力，社会公平性，并且必须具有环境可持续性。然而，环境和社会影响通常是负面的，在设计这些项目时很少考虑。我们进行了多时相分析，对1972年至2016年间墨西哥几座水力发电站的26张卫星图像进行了分类，以评估水坝对土地利用变化的影响。在水坝建造前后，还比较了11项社会经济指标，以记录对当地社区的影响。我们使用土地变化建模器来量化土地使用和土地覆盖的净变化。我们发现热带森林（1,404.19 km2）和温带森林（1,191.26 km2）平均减少，而农业（2,241.26 km2）和城市使用（92.9 km2）增加。