Community-Based Participatory Research on Urban Environmental Conflicts: Sand Quarries in Northern Bogotá
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
3.1. Conflicts and Consequences
3.2. Actors, Actions, and Interactions
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Guzmán, A.H.; Hernández Guzmán, D.; Milanés, C.B.; Ramírez, O.; Herrera Tapias, B.; Montero, O.P.; Gutiérrez Reyes, A.; Zielinski, S. Community-Based Participatory Research on Urban Environmental Conflicts: Sand Quarries in Northern Bogotá. Land 2024, 13, 1460. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091460
Guzmán AH, Hernández Guzmán D, Milanés CB, Ramírez O, Herrera Tapias B, Montero OP, Gutiérrez Reyes A, Zielinski S. Community-Based Participatory Research on Urban Environmental Conflicts: Sand Quarries in Northern Bogotá. Land. 2024; 13(9):1460. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091460
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuzmán, Adriana Hernández, Diego Hernández Guzmán, Celene B. Milanés, Omar Ramírez, Belinha Herrera Tapias, Ofelia Pérez Montero, Atenas Gutiérrez Reyes, and Seweryn Zielinski. 2024. "Community-Based Participatory Research on Urban Environmental Conflicts: Sand Quarries in Northern Bogotá" Land 13, no. 9: 1460. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091460