'Remoteness' and environmental conflicts: Some insights from the political ecology and economic geography of copper

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-339

  Muradian, Roldan ^a   Folchi, Mauricio ^b,c   Martinez Alier, Joan ^b,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Intl Soc for Ecological Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Copper; Environmental conflicts; Mining; Trade and environment

Indexed keywords

COPPER; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPORT; METALS INDUSTRY; MINING INDUSTRY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11244319399     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2004.005960     Document Type: Review

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