Mapping the frontiers and front lines of global environmental justice: The EJAtlas

Journal of Political Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2015, Pages 254-278

  Temper, Leah ^a   Bene, Daniela del ^b   Martinez Alier, Joan ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activist knowledge; Ecological distribution conflicts; Environmental justice; Maps; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAP; MAPPING;

EID: 84992523493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10730451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/v22i1.21108     Document Type: Article

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