Insostenibilidad: aproximación al conflicto socioecológico
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Palabras clave: sostenibilidad activa, progreso,
riesgo, participación.
The concern about the human impact on the environment is documented
since ancient times. Situations of unsustainability led at various times in
history to setbacks in the living conditions of the population. While the
environmental impact of preindustrial cultures was limited primarily to local
level, with the industrial revolution the consequences of the pressure on the
environment grew exponentially, surpassing the locality to achieve global
dimensions. The search for a sustainable stadium or development leads to the
need to understand the socio-ecological conflict in its historical perspective.
We note that their basic dimensions are present from the eotechnic phase until today. At the center
of the debate is the need to understand the genesis of the ideology of progress
and the domain of nature. Environmental conflicts in preindustrial cultures are
often linked to agricultural production, waste from the activities of some guilds,
sanitation problems in cities and energy demand. Sustainability is a complex
search that involves a correction of the causes of unsustainability. Sensitivity
to risk and to the unsustainability crisis has increased considerably, and a loss
of legitimacy of representative politics is perceived. Participation is, more
than ever, one of the imperatives of the search for sustainability.
Key words: active sustainability, progress, risk,
participation.