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Impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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May 22, 2023
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Extractivism, social explosion and territorial processes: effects of coal mining in Cesar and La Guajira, Colombia

Publicated to:Bitacora Urbano Territorial. 33 (1): 239-254 - 2023-04-01 33(1), DOI: 10.15446/bitacora.v33n1.102392

Authors: Solano, ECG

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Univ Politecn Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author

Abstract

The social uprising in Colombia since 2019 and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated tensions revealing unusual territorial disputes. This article presents socio-spatial processes derived from the transformations induced by extractivism in the departments of Cesar and La Guajira, emphasizing the role of social mobilization. The objective is to expose dynamics that reflect the territorialization of production relations. The intention that directed the investigation was to capture guidelines that allow interpreting emerging conditions in regional environments impacted by extractivism. For this, official indicators were used, press monitoring and cartographic analysis of satellite images were carried out. It was concluded that there is a diverse articulation of social actors that arise from the existing territorial dynamics and challenge the bases of the extractivist model. With this perspective, we reflect on the role of territorial planning in the face of the urgency of new alternatives that imply overcoming the current socio-environmental crisis derived from transnational mining.

Keywords

coal miningcolombiasocial mobilizationterritoryCoal miningColombiaExtractivismSocial mobilizationSustainable cities and communitiesTerritory

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Bitacora Urbano Territorial due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Arts and Humanities (Miscellaneous). Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q4 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Urban Studies.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-04:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 7.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 17 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 11 - sustainable cities and communities, with a probability of 77% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GARCÍA SOLANO, ERNESTO CARLOS) and Last Author (GARCÍA SOLANO, ERNESTO CARLOS).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GARCÍA SOLANO, ERNESTO CARLOS.