BREATHING CLEAN AIR OR CHEAPLY HEATING YOUR HOME: AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DILEMMA IN CHILEAN PATAGONIA

Primer Autor
Boso, Alex,
Co-autores
Hofflinger, Alvaro
Garrido, Jaime
Alvarez, Boris
Título
BREATHING CLEAN AIR OR CHEAPLY HEATING YOUR HOME: AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DILEMMA IN CHILEAN PATAGONIA
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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
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en
Resumen
Cities in southern Chile face serious environmental pollution due to extensive use of firewood for heating and cooking. Lack of access to cleaner energy fuel, low-efficiency building materials, and a cold climate exacerbate the problem, which increases the deforestation of the native forests of Patagonia. While environmental justice research has established clear links between air pollution hazards and vulnerable populations, little is known about how this relationship influences the risk perception and adaptation strategies among all urban residents. This study assesses social vulnerability variables, indoor environments, and air pollution adaptation strategies in households located in the city of Coyhaique by monitoring households' temperatures and conducting semistructured interviews with residents. Focused on interactions between people and their indoor and outdoor environments, this study reveals the microscale hazards and difficulties in overcoming the dilemma between breathing clean air and cheap heating as additional dimensions of environmental injustice. Keywords: air pollution, air quality perception, Coyhaique, environmental justice, firewood, spatial inequality.
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This work was supported by the Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo [1190412], CONICYT and Universidad de La Frontera [FONDECYT 1190412, DIUFRO DI11-0073 & DI16-0051].
This work was supported by the Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo [1190412]; CONICYT and Universidad de La Frontera [FONDECYT 1190412, DIUFRO DI11-0073 & DI16-0051].
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10.1080/00167428.2020.1845955
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air pollution#air quality perception#Coyhaique - Chile#environmental justice#firewood#spatial inequality
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2020.1845955
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Geografía
Materias
contaminación del aire# percepción de la calidad del aire# Coyhaique - Chile# justicia ambiental# leña# desigualdad espacial
Disciplinas de la OCDE
Ciencias Ambientales (Aspectos Sociales)
Ciencias del Medio Ambiente
Temas sociales (estudios de la mujer y de género; cuestiones sociales; estudios de familia, trabajo social)
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BREATHING CLEAN AIR OR CHEAPLY HEATING YOUR HOME: AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DILEMMA IN CHILEAN PATAGONIA
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Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo ANID
Universidad de La Frontera UFRO
ANID 1190412
ANID FONDECYT 1190412
UFRO DI11-0073
UFRO DI16-0051
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1190412
DI11-0073
DI16-0051
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