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Rempang at the Crossroads: Developmental Ambitions and Social Inequality in Border Regions

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora
This article examines the social, economic, and ecological conflicts stemming from the development of Rempang Eco City, a National Strategic Project (PSN) in the Riau Islands.
Casiavera Casiavera   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Land Grabbing’ and ‘Green Grabbing’: a reading of the ‘rush in the academic production’ about the global land apropriation

open access: yes, 2016
A partir de 2008, houve uma extensa produção e publicação de artigos acadêmicos, basicamente em inglês, sobre um fenômeno denominado corrida mundial por terras ou land grabbing (apropriação de terras). Depois de cinco ou seis anos, essa produção se mantém, mas com construções teórico-empíricas mais elaboradas - inclusive com a reformulação de conceitos
Sauer, Sérgio   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Perceived restorativeness of urban green spaces in southern China during summer

open access: yesScientific Reports
Although urban green spaces have been proven to benefit human physical and mental health, the impact of people’s perceptions of biodiversity on these health benefits remains to be studied.
Lihua Chen, Yuan Ma
doaj   +1 more source

Convivial Constitutionality: Conditions for Human-Predator Cohabitation, Institutional Change and Ontological Contestations in a ‘Glocal’ World

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons
The paper explores a new approach called ‘Convivial Constitutionality’, which uses an institutional and political ecology lens in anthropology to theorise the conditions for broader participatory engagement with conservation in the Global West.
Tobias Haller
doaj   +1 more source

Global land and water grabbing

open access: yes, 2013
Societal pressure on the global land and freshwater resources is increasing as a result of the rising food demand by the growing human population, dietary changes, and the enhancement of biofuel production induced by the rising oil prices and recent ...
RULLI, MARIA CRISTINA   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Novas Fronteiras de Acumulação: a expansão da energia eólica e a violação de direitos das comunidades tradicionais no território de identidade do Piemonte da Diamantina (BA)

open access: yesHoma Publica
Esta pesquisa aborda o fenômeno das novas fronteiras de acumulação do capital no Brasil através do processo de despossessão e da violação dos direitos das comunidades tradicionais do Território de Identidade do Piemonte da Diamantina, na Bahia com a ...
Gabriella Barbosa Santos
doaj  

Land grabbing in Cambodia: Mechanisms, Narratives, Resistance

open access: yes, 2012
Rural areas in Cambodia have been the target of large-scale land acquisitions since the late 1990s. As of March 2012, economic land concessions in Cambodia covered more than 2 million hectares, equivalent to over half of the country’s arable land.
Touch, S, Neef, A
core  

The reconfiguration of hydrosocial territories in rural Uzbekistan: Evidence from Samarkand Province

open access: yesWater Alternatives
In recent years, Uzbekistan has embarked on an expansive agricultural modernisation programme, cast under the banner of the 'Green Economy'. Within the agriculture sector, this has entailed an overhaul of the former cotton-centred production model in ...
Madina Gazieva
doaj  

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