Comunidades Sostenibles. Políticas Públicas para el Buen Vivir.


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Sumérgete en el perspicaz mundo de "Comunidades Sostenibles" por Diego Hidalgo-Oñate, donde el autor se embarca en un viaje esclarecedor para desentrañar las complejidades de la creación de sociedades sostenibles. Este libro sirve como una brújula, guiando a legisladores, académicos e individuos apasionados a través del paisaje multifacético del diseño, implementación y evaluación de políticas públicas centradas en fomentar comunidades sostenibles. En este profundo ensayo, Hidalgo-Oñate disecciona meticulosamente los factores críticos esenciales para cultivar comunidades que prosperen en armonía con el medio ambiente y la sociedad. Basándose en una gran cantidad de conocimientos y experiencias, ofrece un análisis extenso de las consideraciones fundamentales para el éxito de las iniciativas de desarrollo sostenible. El autor profundiza en las complejidades de la formación de políticas, arrojando luz sobre los enfoques matizados que pueden catalizar un cambio positivo. Desde la preservación del medio ambiente hasta la inclusión social y la vitalidad económica, cada faceta del desarrollo sostenible se examina minuciosamente y se entrelaza en una narrativa integral. A medida que pasas las páginas, te sentirás inspirado por la visión de Hidalgo-Oñate de un mundo donde las comunidades sostenibles no son solo una posibilidad, sino una realidad inminente. El libro ofrece ideas prácticas, fundamentadas en la investigación y experiencia práctica, que capacitan a los lectores para contribuir de manera significativa a la creación de un futuro más brillante y sostenible. Prepárate para quedar cautivado por el llamado a la acción colectiva y una perspectiva renovada sobre cómo imaginamos y construimos las comunidades del mañana. "Comunidades Sostenibles" es más que un libro; es una hoja de ruta hacia un mundo más equitativo, armónico y sostenible. Deja que esta lectura esclarecedora sea tu guía para sembrar las semillas de un futuro mejor para las generaciones venideras.







Índice de Felicidad y Buen Vivir


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Colombia ha vivido grandes crisis a través de los años; crisis que permiten, gracias al aprendizaje que ésta genera, el desarrollo humano y la esperanza espiritual para lograr una reflexión en la convivencia. El problema de pasar de una economía cafetera a una economía minera ha ocasionado, por ejemplo, que los recursos naturales sean hoy la base del mal llamado "desarrollo", "progreso" y "crecimiento". El texto, resultado del proceso de investigación de la tesis doctoral "El estado colombiano y el buen vivir, un proyecto político-educativo", muestra que el problema social de esta crisis civilizatoria es el camino para conscientizar las generaciones presentes, en la búsqueda de incrementar el índice de Felicidad y el Buen Vivir y, con ello, generar espacios que motiven una relación amigable entre el ser humano y la naturaleza. Este texto constituye su cuarto libro después de: "La vida y sus encrucijadas", "Rehenes del miedo" y "Colombia: política, encanto, amor y odio".







Buen Vivir as an Alternative to Sustainable Development


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Until recently, the concept of Buen Vivir has only been loosely articulated by practising communities and in progressive policy in countries like Ecuador. What it actually means has been unclear, and in the case of policy, contradictory. As such there has been a lack of understanding about exactly what Buen Vivir entails, its core principles and how to put it into practice. This book, based on extensive theoretical and field research of Buen Vivir as an alternative to sustainable development, fills that gap and offers a concrete way forward. It uses an ethnographic study in Cotacachi County, in Ecuador's highland communities, to explore how communities understand and practice Buen Vivir. Combining this with what we already know about the concept theoretically, the book then develops a framework for Buen Vivir with 17 principles for practice. Exploring Buen Vivir's evolution from its indigenous origins, academic interpretations, and implications for development policy, to its role in endogenous, community-led change, this book will be of interest to policy-makers and development professionals. It will also be of great value to activists, students, and scholars of sustainability and development seeking grassroots social and environmental change.







Urbanismo Regenerativo


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We are living in a critical moment, a reality marked by environmental and socio-economic limits that requires innovative and realistic forms of action and planning. This is what regenerative urbanism proposes, a new approach based on utopian pragmatism that seeks to restore balance to the urban territory by designing systems that allow it to adapt and transform. It is a methodology that defines models that do not consume available resources, but rather generate new ones that ensure compatibility between economic and social prosperity and nature. Santander, Hábitat Futuro (Santander, Future Habitat) is the city model created from this methodology, a proposal for the transformation of this city for the year 2055. It is an open model based on innovation and citizen participation that prepares and adapts the territory for the different scenarios to come. Santander, Habitat Futuro is a guide that directs the commitment of the different social, economic and political agents towards a common goal: to achieve a circular, sustainable, resilient, vertebrate, prosperous, vital and inclusive city. A model that, due to its innovative nature, can serve as an example to other intermediate cities around the world.




Ecuador Poverty Report


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"Valuable report based on the Ecuador Living Standard Measurement Survey (1994). Uses total consumption expenditures. Provides a baseline reference for future work. Contrast with INEC's basic needs survey (item #bi 97002637#)"--Handbook of Latin AmericanStudies, v. 57.




Feminism and Ecological Communities


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Feminism and Ecological Communities presents a bold and passionate rethinking of the ecofeminist movement. It is one of the first books to acknowledge the importance of postmodern feminist arguments against ecofeminism whilst persuasively preseenting a strong new case for econolocal feminism. Chris J.Cuomo first traces the emergence of ecofeminism from the ecological and feminist movements before clearly discussing the weaknesses of some ecofeminist positions. Exploring the dualisms of nature/culture and masculing/feminine that are the bulwark of many contemporary ecofeminist positions and questioning traditional traditional feminist analyses of gender and caring, Feminism and Ecological Communities asks whether women are essentially closer to nature than men and how we ought to link the oppression of women, people of colour, and other subjugated groups to the degradation of nature. Chris J.Cuomo addresses these key issues by drawing on recent work in feminist ethics as well as teh work of diverse figures such as Aristotle, John Dewey, Donna Haraway adn Maria Lugones. A fascinating feature of the book is the use of the metaphor of the cyborg to highlight the fluidity of the nature/culture distinction and how this can enrich econfeminist ethics and politics. An outstanding new argument for an ecological feminism that links both theory and practice, Feminism and Ecological Communities bravely redraws the ecofeminist map. It will be essential reading for all those interested in gender studies, environmental studies and philosophy.