Author: William A. Bussing
Publisher: Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica
ISBN: 9789977674896
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The Ecolaboratory
Author: Robert Fletcher
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081654011X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Despite its tiny size and seeming marginality to world affairs, the Central American republic of Costa Rica has long been considered an important site for experimentation in cutting-edge environmental policy. From protected area management to ecotourism to payment for environmental services (PES) and beyond, for the past half-century the country has successfully positioned itself at the forefront of novel trends in environmental governance and sustainable development. Yet the increasingly urgent dilemma of how to achieve equitable economic development in a world of ecosystem decline and climate change presents new challenges, testing Costa Rica’s ability to remain a leader in innovative environmental governance. This book explores these challenges, how Costa Rica is responding to them, and the lessons this holds for current and future trends regarding environmental governance and sustainable development. It provides the first comprehensive assessment of successes and challenges as they play out in a variety of sectors, including agricultural development, biodiversity conservation, water management, resource extraction, and climate change policy. By framing Costa Rica as an “ecolaboratory,” the contributors in this volume examine the lessons learned and offer a path for the future of sustainable development research and policy in Central America and beyond.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081654011X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Despite its tiny size and seeming marginality to world affairs, the Central American republic of Costa Rica has long been considered an important site for experimentation in cutting-edge environmental policy. From protected area management to ecotourism to payment for environmental services (PES) and beyond, for the past half-century the country has successfully positioned itself at the forefront of novel trends in environmental governance and sustainable development. Yet the increasingly urgent dilemma of how to achieve equitable economic development in a world of ecosystem decline and climate change presents new challenges, testing Costa Rica’s ability to remain a leader in innovative environmental governance. This book explores these challenges, how Costa Rica is responding to them, and the lessons this holds for current and future trends regarding environmental governance and sustainable development. It provides the first comprehensive assessment of successes and challenges as they play out in a variety of sectors, including agricultural development, biodiversity conservation, water management, resource extraction, and climate change policy. By framing Costa Rica as an “ecolaboratory,” the contributors in this volume examine the lessons learned and offer a path for the future of sustainable development research and policy in Central America and beyond.
Salvadorans in Costa Rica
Author: Bridget A. Hayden
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816522941
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
During the political and economic upheaval that swept El Salvador in the 1980s, as many as 20,000 Salvadorans took refuge in Costa Rica. Despite similarities between the countries, most Salvadorans experienced El Salvador and Costa Rica as very different places; yet some 6,000 chose to remain after the violence in their country ended, re-establishing their lives successfully enough that they claimed that they now "felt Costa Rican." Bridget Hayden examines the ways in which these people integrated into Costa Rican society and the ambiguous sense of identity they developed, exploring their experience of the process and the cultural concepts they used to interpret those experiences. Salvadorans in Costa Rica: Displaced Lives introduces readers to people from a wide range of class and educational backgrounds who had come to Costa Rica from all over El Salvador. All shared the experience of having become refugees and having settled in a new country under the same circumstances, and when the war in their own country ended, they shared a concern about the issues involved in deciding whether to return there. Their diversity allows Hayden to examine the ways in which the language of national identity played out in different contexts and sometimes contradictory ways. Drawing on contemporary theories of migration and space, Hayden identifies the discourses, narratives, and concepts that Salvadorans in Costa Rica had in common and then analyzes the ways in which their experiences and their uses of those discourses varied. She focuses on key spatial concepts that Salvadorans used in talking about displacement and re-emplacement in order to show how they constructed the experience of settlement and how such variables as gender and age influenced their experiences. Because "nationality" was an idiom they used to relate their experiences, she pays particular attention to the role of national belonging and national differenceÑin terms of both the ways in which the Salvadorans were received by Costa Ricans and their reactions to their new lives in Costa Rica. A concluding chapter compares them with Salvadorans who emigrated to other countries. The story of these displaced Salvadorans, focusing on the lives of real people, can give us a new understanding of how individuals feel a sense of belonging to a sociocultural space. By exploring many meanings of the nation and national belonging for different people under varying conditions, Hayden's study provides fresh insights into the dynamics of migration, gender, and nationalism.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816522941
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
During the political and economic upheaval that swept El Salvador in the 1980s, as many as 20,000 Salvadorans took refuge in Costa Rica. Despite similarities between the countries, most Salvadorans experienced El Salvador and Costa Rica as very different places; yet some 6,000 chose to remain after the violence in their country ended, re-establishing their lives successfully enough that they claimed that they now "felt Costa Rican." Bridget Hayden examines the ways in which these people integrated into Costa Rican society and the ambiguous sense of identity they developed, exploring their experience of the process and the cultural concepts they used to interpret those experiences. Salvadorans in Costa Rica: Displaced Lives introduces readers to people from a wide range of class and educational backgrounds who had come to Costa Rica from all over El Salvador. All shared the experience of having become refugees and having settled in a new country under the same circumstances, and when the war in their own country ended, they shared a concern about the issues involved in deciding whether to return there. Their diversity allows Hayden to examine the ways in which the language of national identity played out in different contexts and sometimes contradictory ways. Drawing on contemporary theories of migration and space, Hayden identifies the discourses, narratives, and concepts that Salvadorans in Costa Rica had in common and then analyzes the ways in which their experiences and their uses of those discourses varied. She focuses on key spatial concepts that Salvadorans used in talking about displacement and re-emplacement in order to show how they constructed the experience of settlement and how such variables as gender and age influenced their experiences. Because "nationality" was an idiom they used to relate their experiences, she pays particular attention to the role of national belonging and national differenceÑin terms of both the ways in which the Salvadorans were received by Costa Ricans and their reactions to their new lives in Costa Rica. A concluding chapter compares them with Salvadorans who emigrated to other countries. The story of these displaced Salvadorans, focusing on the lives of real people, can give us a new understanding of how individuals feel a sense of belonging to a sociocultural space. By exploring many meanings of the nation and national belonging for different people under varying conditions, Hayden's study provides fresh insights into the dynamics of migration, gender, and nationalism.
The History of Costa Rica
Author: Iván Molina Jiménez
Publisher: Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica
ISBN: 9789977674681
Category : Costa Rica
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher: Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica
ISBN: 9789977674681
Category : Costa Rica
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Two Weeks in Costa Rica
Author: Matthew Houde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985076931
Category : Costa Rica
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
A combination travelogue and guidebook that tells the humorous tale of the authors' vacation in Costa Rica while also giving valuable travel tips.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985076931
Category : Costa Rica
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
A combination travelogue and guidebook that tells the humorous tale of the authors' vacation in Costa Rica while also giving valuable travel tips.
The Birds of Costa Rica
Author: Richard Garrigues
Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates
ISBN: 9780801479885
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A new, updated edition of the only compact, portable, and user-friendly field guide the novice or experienced birder needs to identify birds in the field in the diverse habitats found in Costa Rica. -- "Biology Digest"
Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates
ISBN: 9780801479885
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A new, updated edition of the only compact, portable, and user-friendly field guide the novice or experienced birder needs to identify birds in the field in the diverse habitats found in Costa Rica. -- "Biology Digest"
Democracy in Costa Rica
Author: Charles D. Ameringer
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
ISBN: 9780275907532
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
ISBN: 9780275907532
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica
Author: William A. Bussing
Publisher: Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica
ISBN: 9789977674896
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher: Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica
ISBN: 9789977674896
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Costa Rica
Author: Richard Villafranca
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costa Rica
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costa Rica
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Costa Rica
Author: Erin Foley
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502626101
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Costa Rica is a diverse Latin American country with flourishing wildlife and ecotourism opportunities. This book gives an in-depth study of the country, examining what makes the country unique. Sure to engage eager travelers, this book is a fantastic resource for anyone wanting to learn more about this incredible, beautiful part of the world.
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502626101
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Costa Rica is a diverse Latin American country with flourishing wildlife and ecotourism opportunities. This book gives an in-depth study of the country, examining what makes the country unique. Sure to engage eager travelers, this book is a fantastic resource for anyone wanting to learn more about this incredible, beautiful part of the world.
Let's Go Costa Rica 4th Edition
Author: Let's Go Inc.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312385774
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Packed with travel information, including more listings, deals, and insider tips: CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, and drink like a local RELIABLE MAPS and directions to help you get around cities, towns, and parques INSIDER TIPS about the best beaches and snack spots OPPORTUNITIES for ecotourism and conservation WORK AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES in the Costa Rican wilderness THE BEST BEACHES for surfing, scuba diving, sportfishing, and sunbathing
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312385774
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Packed with travel information, including more listings, deals, and insider tips: CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, and drink like a local RELIABLE MAPS and directions to help you get around cities, towns, and parques INSIDER TIPS about the best beaches and snack spots OPPORTUNITIES for ecotourism and conservation WORK AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES in the Costa Rican wilderness THE BEST BEACHES for surfing, scuba diving, sportfishing, and sunbathing