Mining, Urban Growth, and Agrarian Changes in the Atacama Desert: The Case of the Calama Oasis in Northern Chile

Mining, Urban Growth, and Agrarian Changes in the Atacama Desert: The Case of the Calama Oasis in Northern Chile

Since the mid-twentieth century, Latin American rural territories have undergone significant transformations. One of the leading causes is the expansion of large-scale operations that exploit natural resources for world market exportation with low processing. In this paper, we study the changes in a...

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Main Authors: Matías Calderón-Seguel, Manuel Prieto, Oliver Meseguer-Ruiz, Freddy Viñales, Paulina Hidalgo, Elías Esper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
extractivism
capitalist periphery
rurality
urbanization
rural-urban pluriactivity
deagrarianization
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1262

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