Grassroots struggles for sustainability in Central America /

Grassroots struggles for sustainability in Central America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horton, Lynn, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2007]
Subjects:
Sustainable development > Central America > Citizen participation > Case studies.
Sustainable development > Costa Rica > Osa Peninsula > Citizen participation.
Sustainable development > Nicaragua > Miraflores (Chinandegas) > Citizen participation.
Sustainable development > Panama > Ipetí > Citizen participation.
Rural development > Central America > Case studies.
Cuna Indians > Panama > Ipetí > Economic conditions.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Contested visions of sustainability
  • Poverty and forests : development and (dis)empowerment in Central America
  • "All the land belongs to the foreigners" : ecotourism and sustainability
  • "Nature that gives them life" : grassroots sustainability on the Osa Peninsula
  • "Right behind him are the campesinos with axes" : developing the Estero Real
  • "He has been taught not to be afraid" : grassroots sustainability in Miraflores
  • "Before, there were only Kunas" : the struggle for the comarca
  • "There are no poor people here" : grassroots sustainability in Ipetí
  • Bringing the case studies together
  • Conclusion.