Spatial dimension of environmental conflicts in Chile

Abstract

Due to lack of territorial vision in a national scale, which reveals the pattern of current environmental conflicts in Chile, we propose the construction of a synthetic index of social vulnerability, with support in the political-administrative analysis unit of local government, with the location of environmental conflicts reported by non-governmental organization groups. This will allow studying the spatial relationship existing, in order to determine which profile of territorial units bear a greater impossition of negative externalities generated by private investment projects. Also, the approach allows quantifying the levels of environmental justice in the country.