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Ecological distribution conflicts as forces for sustainability: an overview and conceptual framework

Overview of attention for article published in Sustainability Science, December 2017
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Title
Ecological distribution conflicts as forces for sustainability: an overview and conceptual framework
Published in
Sustainability Science, December 2017
DOI 10.1007/s11625-017-0519-0
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Arnim Scheidel, Leah Temper, Federico Demaria, Joan Martínez-Alier

Abstract

Can ecological distribution conflicts turn into forces for sustainability? This overview paper addresses in a systematic conceptual manner the question of why, through whom, how, and when conflicts over the use of the environment may take an active role in shaping transitions toward sustainability. It presents a conceptual framework that schematically maps out the linkages between (a) patterns of (unsustainable) social metabolism, (b) the emergence of ecological distribution conflicts, (c) the rise of environmental justice movements, and (d) their potential contributions for sustainability transitions. The ways how these four processes can influence each other are multi-faceted and often not a foretold story. Yet, ecological distribution conflicts can have an important role for sustainability, because they relentlessly bring to light conflicting values over the environment as well as unsustainable resource uses affecting people and the planet. Environmental justice movements, born out of such conflicts, become key actors in politicizing such unsustainable resource uses, but moreover, they take sometimes also radical actions to stop them. By drawing on creative forms of mobilizations and diverse repertoires of action to effectively reduce unsustainabilities, they can turn from 'victims' of environmental injustices into 'warriors' for sustainability. But when will improvements in sustainability be lasting? By looking at the overall dynamics between the four processes, we aim to foster a more systematic understanding of the dynamics and roles of ecological distribution conflicts within sustainability processes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 354 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 60 17%
Student > Master 54 15%
Researcher 43 12%
Student > Bachelor 24 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 19 5%
Other 59 17%
Unknown 95 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 96 27%
Environmental Science 66 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 5%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 14 4%
Engineering 13 4%
Other 37 10%
Unknown 111 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 November 2022.
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#1,178,595
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#90
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#27,414
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Outputs of similar age from Sustainability Science
#4
of 23 outputs
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