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By predicting and analyzing regional land use conflicts (LUCs), the contradictory relationship between urban development and land resources can be revealed, which can assist in achieving the rational use of land resources.
Xiangnan Fan, Yuning Cheng, Yicheng Li
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Socio-ecological distribution conflicts in the mining sector in Guatemala (2005-2013) [PDF]
This study characterizes ecological distribution conflicts (EDC) related to the mining industry and derives a series of political implications for Guatemala. The characterization includes a placement in the context of Central America, regional location, intensity of the EDC and the trends in social and environmental consequences, with special emphasis ...
Aguilar González, Bernardo +4 more
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Complexifying environmental conflicts in the Guatemalan highlands
Over the past ten years, changes in the patterns of mining investment in Latin America have generated a spike in environmental conflicts between peasant communities and transnational corporations.
Michael L. Dougherty
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Ecologically unequal exchange and ecological debt
This article introduces a Special Section on Ecologically Unequal Exchange (EUE), an underlying source of most of the environmental distribution conflicts in our time.
Alf Hornborg, Joan Martinez-Alier
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China is currently facing a critical period of economic transformation and social development, with land use being under tremendous pressure, facing multiple challenges. The imbalance in land use structure is becoming increasingly prominent and conflicts
Ke Qinhua +5 more
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The Global Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas): ecological distribution conflicts as forces for sustainability [PDF]
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Leah Temper +4 more
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In recent years, rapid economic development, increasing human activities, and global climate change have led to escalating demands for land across production, residential, and ecological domains.
Xiaomeng Wang +3 more
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Anticipating lithium extraction in northern Portugal: A Sacrifice Zone in the making?
Despite increasing calls for the development of a circular economy, extractive industries are gaining renewed relevance in Europe. The European Commission's plan to expand domestic sourcing of lithium to scale up the production and use of electric ...
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Correction to: Ecological distribution conflicts as forces for sustainability: an overview and conceptual framework [PDF]
The article Ecological distribution conflicts as forces for sustainability: an overview and conceptual framework, written by Arnim Scheidel, Leah Temper, Federico Demaria and Joan Martinez‑Alier was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on 13 December 2017 without open access.
Arnim Scheidel +3 more
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Mountain regions are increasingly recognized as contested socio-ecological spaces where global development agendas, environmental concerns, and local livelihoods intersect.
Giorgia Scognamiglio +2 more
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