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T1 Environmental struggles and insularity: The right to nature in Majorca and Tenerife
A1 Armas-Díaz, Alejandro
A1 Murray, Ivan
A1 Sabaté Bel, Fernando
A1 Blázquez Salom, Macià
K1 Territory
K1 Neoliberalization
K1 Tourism
K1 Right to nature
K1 Right to the island
AB Islands worldwide experience commodification of land and natural resources that is closely relatedto touristic activity and urbanization. Islands represent the epitome of commodified representedspaces, power, and territorialization, and in this regard, focusing on islands may shed light on howthe production of socio-natures shapes the dynamics of capital accumulation, dispossession, and resistance. We explore the contestation of urban-tourist development in Majorca and Tenerife.Both have experienced an intense expansion of artificial land uses since the touristic boom in themid-20th century, which has intensified with neoliberal capitalism and the commodification ofeveryday life elements. Environmental struggles in both islands have facilitated greater mobilizationthan other claims. An empirical survey of the spatio-temporal evolution of these two islands illustrates and helps to deepen the conceptual development of the right to the island and nature. The idea of the right to nature consists of the right to influence and rule the processes by which nature–society relationships are (re)shaped by urbanization and capitalism. The notion of the right to the island relies on the political action to foster a sustainable island future.
SN 2399-6552
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/36228
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/36228
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 14-jun-2024