Conflictos socioambientales y pobreza: el caso de la zona metropolitana de la Ciudad de México

This paper discusses the link between social and environmental precarization processes and the emergence of socio-environmental conflicts in urban areas. On the basis of the classic geographical scale problem, it debates the alleged dilemma between anti-environmentalism and environmentalism of the poor. The argument concludes with an example, the case of Mexico City, in order to formulate the relevance of the concept of socio-environmental conflict for the development of a critical geography of conflict