Urban extractivism. Contesting megaprojects in Mexico City, rethinking urban values

Streule, Monika (2023) Urban extractivism. Contesting megaprojects in Mexico City, rethinking urban values. Urban Geography, 44 (1). 262 - 271. ISSN 0272-3638

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Abstract

Urban extractivism is an emergent concept increasingly discussed within Latin America-based scholarship but less known in anglophone urban geography. The devastating social and environmental impact of large-scale natural resource extraction, usually accompanied and driven by infrastructure megaprojects, is the main domain to which activists and scholars are currently applying the concept of extractivism. However, extractivism-related accumulation also applies to urban contexts, as for instance, scholars argue using this lens to analyze the production of exclusive urban territories in central Buenos Aires. In this contribution, I suggest to broaden the concept of urban extractivism to address pressing challenges of urban transformations in the peripheries of Mexico City, particularly concerning urban infrastructure megaprojects and Indigenous socio-territorial movements that advocate for a more sustainable use of natural resources. Critical reflection on the extractivism of knowledge reveals the need for more collaborative research methods in urban geography and beyond.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rurb20
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	IGA: Latin America and Caribbean Centre
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2022 14:54
Last Modified:	15 Apr 2024 07:51
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/117503

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