Grabbing “Green”: Markets, Environmental Governance and the Materialization of Natural Capital

Human Geography(United Kingdom)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Corson, Catherine ^a   MacDonald, Kenneth Iain ^b   Neimark, Benjamin ^c  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acaparacion verde; Cerca mientos; Conservacion segun el modelo Neoliberal; Economia verde; Enclosure; Gobernancia Ambiental Internacional; Green Economy; Green Grabs; International Environmental Governance; Neoliberal conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85107050528     PISSN: 19427786     EISSN: 2633674X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194277861300600101     Document Type: Article

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