Tag: community conflicts
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Megaprojects and community conflicts in A Corunha, Galicia, Spain
This article, in Galician language, addresses the history of rural neiborghood in the bounds of the city of A Corunha and how it has suffered from different megaprojects that threaten its mere existence. The article refrences a arquitect project led by Ergosfera, a group of architets and how they claim a greater attention to heritage…
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Mapping the global battle to protect our planet
A new project maps environmental protest across the world, powerfully visualising a growing movement These struggles have sometimes toppled governments, such as the coup in Madagascar in 2008 that brought “land-grabbing” to global attention when Daewoo was given a lease to grow food and biofuels for export on half the country’s land. But most of…