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The beach in dispute: Social movements in defence of the coastal ecosystem in Uruguay
By: Victoria Vidal, Ana Lía Ciganda, Sandra Corbo
02.07.2025
Uruguay’s coastal ecosystems face numerous threats – water pollution, population density, gentrification, tourism. In this article the authors explore how the social movement Red Unión de la Costa organises to address these threats.
By: Joe Herbert
The idea of the ‘15-minute city’ has recently gained traction amongst policy-makers as an urban innovation with the potential to address intersecting social and ecological challenges of the post-COVID world. But its lack of an embedded politics presents a danger as much as it does an opportunity.