Human Geography

Monthly Archives: April 2018

Human Geography, 11(1) (2018)

Articles The Strategic Resources-Criminalization Nexus: Ecuador’s Intag Zone Lindsay Shade, Darwin Javier Ramírez Smart Cities: Contradictions yet Opportunities for a Better Urban World Cinthia de Almeida Fagundes, Lindon Fonseca Matias Fishing for Justice: England’s Inshore Fisheries’ Social Movements and Fixed
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The Strategic Resources-Criminalization Nexus: Ecuador’s Intag Zone

Lindsay Shade and Darwin Javier Ramírez This article draws from the experience of co-author Javier Ramírezwho was detained as a political prisoner for opposition to a large-scale mining project that would displace his community in northern Ecuador. Examining the trajectory
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Smart Cities: Contradictions yet Opportunities for a Better Urban World

Cinthia de Almeida Fagundes and Lindon Fonseca Matias This article presents a critical analysis of the “smart city” concept. The argument focuses on contradictions in the symbols of urban prosperity, unraveling of the social agents involved and their interests, and
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