Contested terrain of extractive development in the American West: Using a regional political ecology framework to understand scalar governance, biocentric values, and anthropocentric values

Journal of Political Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 182-196

  Jenkins, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American West; Anthropocentric; Biocentric; Extractive industries; Federal lands

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FEDERAL SYSTEM; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; TERRAIN;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WYOMING;

EID: 85012030439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10730451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/v23i1.20189     Document Type: Article

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