Rodriguez-Calles L. (2022). Ecological impacts of agribusiness transformation in a spanish mediterranean enclave: impacts on the Mar Menor Coastal Lagoon. Eurochoices, 01/08/2022, vol. 21, n. 2, p. 43-49.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692X.12362
https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692X.12362
Titre : | Ecological impacts of agribusiness transformation in a spanish mediterranean enclave: impacts on the Mar Menor Coastal Lagoon (2022) |
Auteurs : | L. Rodriguez-Calles |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Eurochoices (vol. 21, n. 2, August 2022) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 43-49 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais ; Français ; Allemand |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 07 - ENVIRONNEMENT ; 7.5 - Dégradation : Impact, DésertificationThésaurus IAMM IMPACT SUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT ; SECTEUR AGROINDUSTRIEL ; LAGUNE LITTORALE ; REGION AGRICOLE ; SYSTEME DE PRODUCTION ; DEGRADATION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ; GESTION DES EAUX ; UTILISATION DES TERRES ; REGION MEDITERRANEENNE ; ESPAGNE ; MURCIA |
Résumé : | In recent decades, most Spanish Mediterranean agricultural regions have been transformed to meet global food demands and have joined global agricultural production networks: a convergence process that has granted them steady economic growth. In certain cases, however, this transformation has led to a process of ecological degradation. This article focuses on the Torre-Pacheco case, in the Campo de Cartagena region (southeast Spain, Murcia), to reconstruct the events that have led the region to become a global production enclave in agribusiness and to determine the connections between agribusiness transformation and ecological degradation. To this end, a water transfer project is first addressed as the turning point for the local agricultural sector from which the transformation of agribusiness is described regarding land use, technical adaptations, employment/recruitment changes, etc. A documented result of these agribusiness transformations is subsequently presented: a significant contribution to the ecological degradation of the Mar Menor coastal lagoon, whose natural site will remain endangered if business as usual continues. |
Cote : | En ligne |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692X.12362 |