Mining conflicts, environmental justice and valuation

Just Sustainabilities Development in an Unequal World

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 201-228

  Martinez Alier, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849771771     Document Type: Chapter

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