Ecologically unequal exchange and landesque capital on Kinmen Island
(2009) In Asia-Pacific Forum 44. p.148-167- Abstract
- Two conceptual tools in historical analyses of environmental issues and
political ecologies have gained much attention in recent years: ecologically
unequal exchange and landesque capital. The former narrows in on how
societal relations of power allow for the physical transfer of environmental
degradation—upon which our daily consumption rests—to places far away
from our environmentally clean (and therefore often presumed sustainable)
homes, cities and regions. The latter focuses instead on the power of human
activity to improve environmental conditions, commonly in terms of soil
fertility, biodiversity, land cover, carrying capacity, resilience vis-à-vis
... (More) - Two conceptual tools in historical analyses of environmental issues and
political ecologies have gained much attention in recent years: ecologically
unequal exchange and landesque capital. The former narrows in on how
societal relations of power allow for the physical transfer of environmental
degradation—upon which our daily consumption rests—to places far away
from our environmentally clean (and therefore often presumed sustainable)
homes, cities and regions. The latter focuses instead on the power of human
activity to improve environmental conditions, commonly in terms of soil
fertility, biodiversity, land cover, carrying capacity, resilience vis-à-vis
ecological degradation, or other dimensions of sustainability. One draws
attention to the geographically uneven and ecologically detrimental
consequences of human activities, while the other draws attention to the
potential of human activities to reinforce the resilience and sustainability of
social-ecological systems. There is an interesting tension between these
processes which calls for closer inspection. The purpose of this paper is to
bring them together in the same empirical analysis. (Less)
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abstract = {{Two conceptual tools in historical analyses of environmental issues and<br/><br>
political ecologies have gained much attention in recent years: ecologically<br/><br>
unequal exchange and landesque capital. The former narrows in on how<br/><br>
societal relations of power allow for the physical transfer of environmental<br/><br>
degradation—upon which our daily consumption rests—to places far away<br/><br>
from our environmentally clean (and therefore often presumed sustainable)<br/><br>
homes, cities and regions. The latter focuses instead on the power of human<br/><br>
activity to improve environmental conditions, commonly in terms of soil<br/><br>
fertility, biodiversity, land cover, carrying capacity, resilience vis-à-vis<br/><br>
ecological degradation, or other dimensions of sustainability. One draws<br/><br>
attention to the geographically uneven and ecologically detrimental<br/><br>
consequences of human activities, while the other draws attention to the<br/><br>
potential of human activities to reinforce the resilience and sustainability of<br/><br>
social-ecological systems. There is an interesting tension between these<br/><br>
processes which calls for closer inspection. The purpose of this paper is to<br/><br>
bring them together in the same empirical analysis.}},
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language = {{eng}},
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publisher = {{Academia Sinica, The Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies}},
series = {{Asia-Pacific Forum}},
title = {{Ecologically unequal exchange and landesque capital on Kinmen Island}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/3566167/1776644.pdf}},
volume = {{44}},
year = {{2009}},
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