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application/pdf en text Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms The student, Luisa Fernandes Vieira Da Ponte, accepted the attached license on 2025-07-17 at 22:56. The student, Luisa Fernandes Vieira Da Ponte, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2025-07-17 at 23:17. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2025-07-25 at 09:26. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #22649 on 2025-10-20 at 20:15:27 “This channel is actually a river”: challenging green hegemonies through territorial environmental practice Fernandes Vieira Da Ponte, Luisa 2025-07-25 Miraftab, Faranak Greenlee, Andrew J. Green Hegemonies Territorial Knowledge Social Movements Environmental Policy Fortaleza (brazil). eng Urban communities and social movements in Latin America that sustain deep relationships with the natural environment - whether through ancestral traditions or the daily challenges of inhabiting environmentally sensitive areas - face ongoing struggles in their pursuit of the Buen Vivir. These struggles are intensified by environmental policies that, rather than addressing local complexities, reproduce colonial structures and promote green hegemonies aligned with private interests. While detached from territorially grounded practices, such initiatives tend to undermine and even not consider communities’ existence in decision making. Focusing on Fortaleza, Brazil, this thesis examines how urban development and municipal policy internalize global North-South dynamics, translating them into local actions that, through the prerogative of sustainable development, prioritize private profit and often exclude the very groups capable of offering sustainable alternatives. By highlighting the impacts of these policies on marginalized populations, this work advances through theoretical and practical pathways toward rooted spatial knowledge building. It emphasizes place-based environmental praxis as powerful sources of resistance and transformation, offering insights into how locally grounded practices can challenge the commodification of land and reimagine urban futures. 2025-08 Text https://hdl.handle.net/2142/129960 Copyright 2025 Luisa Fernandes Vieira Da Ponte Urban & Regional Planning Urban Planning University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign M.U.P. Thesis