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Mapping ecological distribution conflicts: The EJAtlas
The Extractive Industries and Society, 2021 Abstract This article describes the origins of the terms “environmental justice” and “environmentalism of the poor and the indigenous” since the 1980s. In 2012 the collection of “ecological distribution conflicts” (EDC) in an Atlas of Environmental Justice (the EJAtlas) started. The EJAtlas reached 3350 entries by January 2021.
Joan Martinez Alier
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Critical Mapping for Researching and Acting Upon Environmental Conflicts – The Case of the EJAtlas
Studies in Ecological Economics, 2023 AbstractIn this chapter, we revise the trajectory and relevance of the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice (EJAtlas) as one of the main research projects and outcomes of the Barcelona Research Group in Environmental Justice Studies and Political Ecology.
Daniela Del Bene, Sofia Avila
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The EJAtlas: An Unexpected Pedagogical Tool to Teach and Learn About Environmental Social Sciences
Studies in Ecological Economics, 2023 AbstractThis chapter examines how the Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas), an online platform that was initially developed by ICTA-UAB—during the EJOLT international project—to make visible and systematize contemporary struggles against environmental injustice worldwide is becoming an attractive interactive tool to teach and learn about Environmental
Leah Temper, Mariana Walter
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The Global Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas): ecological distribution conflicts as forces for sustainability [PDF]
Sustainability Science, 2018 Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015 ...
Arnim Scheidel +2 more
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Mapping the frontiers and front lines of global environmental justice: the EJAtlas
Journal of Political Ecology, 2015 This article highlights the need for collaborative research on ecological conflicts within a global perspective. As the social metabolism of our industrial economy increases, intensifying extractive activities and the production of waste, the related social and environmental impacts generate conflicts and resistance across the world.
Joan Martinez Alier +2 more
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Turismo como vetor de conflitos ambientais: análise global a partir do EjAtlas
Polis (Santiago)Environmental conflicts arise from the appropriation or attempted domination of space by certain agents, projecting undesirable results from one social practice onto another, raising questions about the arbitrary nature of the hegemonic meanings attributed to the territory.
Sandra Dalila Corbari +1 more
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Revue De Geographie AlpineBergregionen werden zunehmend als umkämpfte sozialökologische Räume anerkannt, in denen sich globale Entwicklungsstrategien, Umweltbelange und lokale Lebensweisen überschneiden.
Giorgia Scognamiglio +2 more
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Revue De Geographie AlpineMountain 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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Environmental justice and corporate social irresponsibility: the case of the mining company Vale S.A
Ambiente & Sociedade, 2021 After the Vale’s tailings dam failure in Brumadinho (Minas Gerais) in early 2019, a group of researchers and activists from around the world produced a thematic map in the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice (EJAtlas) including 30 cases of ...
Beatriz Macchione Saes +4 more
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Journal of Political Ecology, 2021 This study illustrates how, despite the diversity of women environmental defenders and their movements around the world, there are near-universal patterns of violence threatening their survival.
Dalena Le Tran +3 more
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