Topocide

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Topocide is the deliberate alteration or destruction of a locale through industrial expansion and change, so that its original landscape and character are destroyed. [1] Topocide can be the result of deliberate industrial expansion, as when industries form, then the people's center of life revolves around that industry. New jobs are formed and the environmental and cultural landscape is forever changed. [2]

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A related term is domicide (from Latin domus, meaning home or abode, and caedo, meaning deliberate killing) the destruction of home; the two may be viewed as synonyms or they may be opposed, with topocide referring to destruction from the point of view of the perpetrator(s) and domicide from the perspective of those affected. [3]

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References

  1. Swanson, Kelly (2009). AP Human Geography 2009. Kaplan. p. 153.
  2. Topocide. The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential, update 24 Jan 2017 (Retrieved Nov 2024)
  3. Porteous, Douglas; Sandra E. Smith (2001). Domicide: The Global Destruction Of Home. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 12. ISBN   9780773569614.

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