Gold mega-mining, environmental conflict and collective action: characteristics and relationships in the case of Costa Rica

 

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Auteur: Blanco Obando, Edgar Eduardo
Formaat: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publicatiedatum:2021
Omschrijving:This article presents a comparative analysis of environmental conflicts caused by Bellavista and Crucitas mega-mining projects, with an emphasis on the way collective action emerged and influenced on development of each conflict and the final solutions. Thus, it is been shown that Costarrican State was more interested in economic growth than in conservation of the environment, ecologist sectors directed the collective action which was essential to generate changes in the projects and reach conflict´s final solutions.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instelling:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Taal:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/49339
Online toegang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/49339
Access Level:acceso abierto
Keyword:environmental conflict; mining; regional development; mass protest.
conflictividad ambiental; minería; desarrollo regional; protesta multitudinaria.