%0 Journal Article %T La dimensi¨®n espacial de los conflictos ambientales en Chile %A Fuenzalida %A Manuel %A Quiroz %A Rodolfo %J Polis (Santiago) %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-65682012000100009 %X due to lack of territorial vision in a national scale, which reveals the pattern of current environmental conflicts in chile, we propose the constructionof a synthetic index of social vulnerability, with support in the politicaladministrative analysis unit of local government, with the location of environmentalconflicts reported by non-governmental organization groups. this will allowstudying the spatial relationship existing, in order to determine which profile ofterritorial units bear a greater impossition of negative externalities generated byprivate investment projects. also, the approach allows quantifying the levels ofenvironmental justice in the country. %K environmental conflicts %K social vulnerability %K environmental justice %K chile. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-65682012000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en