La justicia ambiental en ciudades latinoamericanas: una revisión de los indicadores utilizados para su análisis

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Soledad Camacho Lorenzo
Joan Alberich González
Yolanda Pérez Albert

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Si bien son diversos los estudios que han buscado aplicar herramientas para medir y explicar las desigualdades socio-ambientales en el mundo, existe un menor desarrollo de la investigación desde un enfoque cuantitativo de la justicia ambiental (JA) en el sur global y en particular en América Latina. Este trabajo busca identificar y clasificar los indicadores que han sido utilizados recientemente para medir la JA en zonas urbanas de Latinoamérica. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica utilizando tres bases de datos diferentes. Se identificaron 23 estudios distribuidos en 14 países. La mayor parte de indicadores se utilizan para medir aspectos positivos del ambiente al tiempo que el nivel socioeconómico de la población es el principal factor social considerado. El estudio da cuenta de un campo de investigación en desarrollo que evidencia desigualdades entre países y donde existe un sesgo entre estudios centrados en algunos aspectos de la JA.

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Camacho Lorenzo, S., Alberich González, J., & Pérez Albert, Y. (2023). La justicia ambiental en ciudades latinoamericanas: una revisión de los indicadores utilizados para su análisis. Ikara. Revista De Geografías Iberoamericanas, (3). https://doi.org/10.18239/Ikara.3325
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