Collective health, territorial and environmental conflicts: bases for a critical socio-environmental approach

The phenomenon of globalization and the increase in neo-extractivism in the global periphery intensify the search for new territories and natural resources for the economy, resulting in significant impacts on ecosystems and on the lives of vulnerable populations. It is considered that the environmen...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2014-10, Vol.19 (10), p.4071-4080
Main Authors: Marcelo Firpo deSouza Porto, Diogo Ferreira da Rocha, Finamore, Renan
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
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Summary:The phenomenon of globalization and the increase in neo-extractivism in the global periphery intensify the search for new territories and natural resources for the economy, resulting in significant impacts on ecosystems and on the lives of vulnerable populations. It is considered that the environmental crisis imposes new challenges and requires an updating of the theoretical and methodological foundations of collective health and the social determinants of health. The scope of this paper is to present theoretical contributions to the construction of a critical socio-environmental approach from a review of the literature structured around previous work on the mapping of environmental conflicts, and conducting empirical studies in conflicting areas. The contributions of sociology, political ecology, postcolonial studies and geography is summarized for the discussion of the socio-environmental determinants of health, as well as experiences that integrate emancipatory knowledge, political subjects, resistances and alternatives for society.
ISSN:1413-8123
1678-4561
DOI:10.1590/1413-812320141910.09062014