Determinants of the intensity of environmental conflicts in Latin America
Determinants of the intensity of environmental conflicts in Latin America

Statistical perspective

Author(s): Maciej Kalaska
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: environmental conflicts; Latin America; statistical analysis
Summary/Abstract: This pilot statistical study analysed several factors that were identified as potential determinants of the intensity of environmental conflicts in selected Latin American countries in 1990-2019. Thanks to the chi-squared test of independence, it was shown that 6 out of 12 variables included in the analysis significantly differentiated the intensity of these conflicts. However, the strength of these relationships – determined on the basis of the Cramér’s V coefficient – was usually very weak and only in the case of the type of main conflict-generating investment could it be assessed slightly higher (as weak).

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