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eco-apartheid en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of ecoapartheid.
    • Humanity stands at a crossroad. One road continues on the path of eco-apartheid and eco-imperialism, of commodification of the earth, her resources and processes. 2013, Jack Appleton, Values in Sustainable Development:
    • It is a call to arms to the readers, to take action in order to stop socio-environmental degradation and related eco-apartheids before it is too late and drastic measures (such as sabotaging dams) need to be taken. 2016, M. Pérez Ramos, The Water Apocalypse: Utopian Desert Venice Cities and Arcologies in Southwestern Dystopian Fiction:
    • For example, a nine-page entry on "Lifestyle" examines the connection between pollution and a consumer lifestyle and "eco-apartheid," the costs of material growth paid by the urban poor. 2004, School Library Journal - Volume 50, Issues 4-6:
    • Using empirical evidence from the published literature, as well as the author's own practical experience conducting community-based participatory research in Berkeley, the author applies the eco-apartheid conceptual framework to the city of Berkely. 2012, Advances in Environment Research and Application:

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