Environmental Conflict Analysis: the Ecological Economics Approach
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Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor
Environmental Conflict AnalysisThe approach of Ecological Economics
2nd International Summer School on Environmental Conflicts and Justice
4 July 2011. Barcelona, Spain
Institute of Environmental Science and Technology Autonomous University of Barcelona
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Introduce to you the distinctive analytical approach to environmental conflicts that we follow here in Barcelona and by comparison, orient you to the different approaches that will
be covered in this School.
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• Make explicit (ex-post) the analytical and methodological approach.
Aim of this presentation
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• Brief introduction to Ecological Economics
• Main features of EE approach to environmental conflicts
• Comparison with other approaches to environmental conflicts
• Research directions
Outline
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• Brief introduction to Ecological Economics
• Main features of EE approach to environmental conflicts
• Comparison with other approaches to environmental conflicts
• Research directions
Outline
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(Social) Ecological Economics
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• Brief introduction to Ecological Economics
• Main features of EE approach to environmental conflicts
• Comparison with other approaches to environmental conflicts
• Research directions
Outline
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Main features
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Unit of analysis
Canadian-owned copper mine in Mirador, Ecuador
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Vocabulary
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Explanation of conflict
Growth => Global metabolism => Extraction at frontiers =>
Injustice => Popular movements of resistance => CONFLICT
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Analytics
Seeing a social decision outcome as a multi-criteria process where power and institutions decide the relevant “weights” of values/criteria
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Methods
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Normative/epistemological position
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Vedanta vs. the villagers
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• Brief introduction to Ecological Economics
• Main features of EE approach to environmental conflicts
• Comparison with other approaches to environmental conflicts
• Research directions
Outline
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Political Ecology
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Conflict and peace studies
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Comparison
BCN OSLO MCH
Unit of analysis Conflict Countries Territories - communities
Scale Local (Inter)National Multi-scale
Conflict intensity Low to medium Violent All (incl. silenced)
Conflict type Extraction, plantations, infrastructures, waste
Climate variation, water
Land-use, cities, commodification, water, energy and minerals
Causes Social metabolismInjustice
MultipleUnderdevelopment & Poor governance
CapitalismExploitation(Post)colonization
Method/sources Case-studiesAction research
National regressions Case-studiesDiscourse analysis
Seeing like: Protesters Western scientists Working classthe Marginalized
Theory Ecological Economics International studies MarxismPost-structuralism
View of conflict Productive Bad Good
Response Environmental JusticeDegrowth
DevelopmentLiberal Democracy
RevolutionReal democracy
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• Brief introduction to Ecological Economics
• Main features of EE approach to environmental conflicts
• Comparison with other approaches to environmental conflicts
• Research directions
Outline
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Research directions