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territoriality  

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  • Territoriality is the development and exercise of power through control or influence over a bounded space and its contents, including both population and resources. The closely related term territorialization can be defined as processes that foster territoriality in particular circumstances, usually through the assertion or material creation of linkages between particular social identities or activities and specific places. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Territoriality]

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