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Land Use - Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America I
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Abstract Socio-ecological conflicts about land use in Latin America are complex: they involve various actors and flare up due to the dynamics of colonization, spatial appropriation, and the commodification of land. This volume of the Handbook "The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis" focuses on land use in the m... view more
Socio-ecological conflicts about land use in Latin America are complex: they involve various actors and flare up due to the dynamics of colonization, spatial appropriation, and the commodification of land. This volume of the Handbook "The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis" focuses on land use in the main macro-regions of Latin America from the colonial regime to the contemporary era of the Anthropocene. The contributions touch upon numerous aspects, from the transformations of material to the social practices, their political and legal regulations as well as the imaginaries of virgin territories. Consequently, far from limiting themselves to a static cartography of land use, the contributors investigate the appropriations of borders and historic transformations in land use.... view less
Keywords
Latin America; land utilization; colonization; commercialization; agriculture; ecological consequences; urbanization; cultural history; human-environment relationship; cultural geography; historical development; indigenous peoples
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
General History
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
Anthropocene; Environmental Sociology; Environmental History
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Publisher
Bielefeld University Press
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
443 p.
Series
The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis: Perspectives from Latin America
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839470114
ISBN
978-3-8394-7011-4
Status
Published Version; reviewed