Environmental conflicts, environmental justice and valuation


Autoria(s): Martínez Alier, Joan
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Unitat d'Història Econòmica

Data(s)

16/05/2001

Resumo

In this article some historical and contemporary environmental conflicts are described. The international environmental liability of mining corporations is discussed. Comparisons are made with conflicts in the United States and in South Africa which fall under the rubric of the Environmental Justice movement. Such conflicts are fought out in many languages, and the economic valuation of damages is only one of such languages. Who has the power to impose particular languages of valuation? Who rules over the ways and means of simplifying complexity, deciding that some points of view are out of order? Who has power to determine which is the bottom-line in an environmental discussion?

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Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2072/1218

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Unitat d'Història Econòmica

Relação

Documents de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Unitat d'Història Econòmica);3/2001

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