Violence in environmental conflicts

Although studies on environmental conflicts have engaged with the subject of violence, a multidimensional approach has been lacking. Using data from 95 environmental conflicts in Central America, we show how different forms of violence appear and overlap. We focus on direct, structural, cultural, sl...

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Autores: Navas Obando, Grettel|||0000-0002-4727-8259, Mingorría, Sara|||0000-0002-6948-3376, Aguilar González, Bernardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:190297
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/190297
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s11625-018-0551-8
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Multidimensional violence
Resistance
Environmental conflict
Environmental Justice Atlas (EJATLAS)
Central America
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Sumario:Although studies on environmental conflicts have engaged with the subject of violence, a multidimensional approach has been lacking. Using data from 95 environmental conflicts in Central America, we show how different forms of violence appear and overlap. We focus on direct, structural, cultural, slow, and ecological forms of violence. Results suggest that the common understanding of violence in environmental conflicts as a direct event in time and space is only the tip of the iceberg and that violence can reach not only environmental defenders, but also communities, nature, and the sustainability of their relations.