El proceso extractivista y los paradigmas de desarrollo. Un abordaje inicial al caso de la apropiación de las aguas del río Atuel.

The conflict over the Atuel River is a longstanding struggle. But the conflict should not be reduced to the mere political confrontation between La Pampa and Mendoza. Disputes do not recognize jurisdictional boundaries. The territories are the setting of power conflicts among different social subjects. The appropriation of communal natural resources by certain subjects to the detriment of others constitutes one of the most complex problems of social relations. The territorial impacts on the Atuel wetlands area in both provinces continue as a result of the dispossetion of water resources. The conceptions of extractivism and development are very enlightening to understand this process. Therefore, the aim of this article is to analyze from a critical perspective the appropriation of the water flows of the Atuel river and its current territorial impacts, based on authors who approach the subject from the extractive processes and development paradigms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]