International capital versus local population: The environmental conflict of the Tambogrande Mining Project, Peru

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 775-792

  Muradian, Roldan ^a   Martinez Alier, Joan ^b   Correa, Humberto ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE PIURA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Environmental conflicts; Environmentalism of the poor; Gold mining; Governance; Peru; Procedural power; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GOLD MINE; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL CONFLICT;

PERU;

EID: 0142120475     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920309166     Document Type: Article

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