Violence in environmental conflicts : the need for a multidimensional approach
Navas Obando, Grettel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Mingorría, Sara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Aguilar González, Bernardo (Fundación Neotrópica (San José, Costa Rica))

Date:	2018
Abstract:	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.
Grants:	European Commission 695446
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Multidimensional violence ; Resistance ; Environmental conflict ; Environmental Justice Atlas (EJATLAS) ; Central America
Published in:	Sustainability science, Vol. 13, issue 3 (May 2018) , p. 649-660, ISSN 1862-4057

DOI: 10.1007/s11625-018-0551-8

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