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Publisher : IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 48,54 MB
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Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,61 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Cities and towns
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"With 80% of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region on the planet. Located here are some of the largest and bes-known cities, like Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Lima and Santiago. The region also boasts hundreds of smaller cities that stand out because of their dynamism and creativity. This edition of State of Latin American and Caribbean cities presents teh current situation of the region's urban world, including the demographic, economic, social, environmental, urban and institutional conditions in which cities are developing." -- p.4 of cover.
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 14,96 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Caribbean Area
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Page : 526 pages
File Size : 37,38 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : Al Fritsch
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 17,66 MB
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0813159229
Tourism is the world's largest industry, and ecotourism is rapidly emerging as its fastest growing segment. As interest in nature travel increases, so does concern for conservation of the environment and the well-being of local peoples and cultures. Appalachia seems an ideal destination for ecotourists, with its rugged mountains, uniquely diverse forests, wild rivers, and lively arts culture. And ecotourism promises much for the region: protecting the environment while bringing income to disadvantaged communities. But can these promises be kept? Ecotourism in Appalachia examines both the potential and the threats that tourism holds for Central Appalachia. The authors draw lessons from destinations that have suffered from the "tourist trap syndrome," including Nepal and Hawaii. They conclude that only carefully regulated and locally controlled tourism can play a positive role in Appalachia's economic development.
Author : Constance R. Sutton
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Page : 408 pages
File Size : 24,93 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
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Author : United Nations
Publisher : UN
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 20,5 MB
Release : 2021-05-31
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ISBN : 9789211220537
This publication argues that Latin America and the Caribbean are in a position to move towards a "big push for sustainability" through a combination of economic, industrial, social and environmental policies capable of driving an equal and sustainable recovery and relaunching development in the region. Comprised of five chapters, the publication studies the three crises (slow growth, growing inequality and the environmental emergency) affecting economies and societies around the world, placing particular focus on those of Latin America and the Caribbean. It goes on to present a framework for analysing these crises in an integrated manner and measuring their magnitude in the specified regions. It then examines the quantitative impacts on growth, emissions, income distribution and the external sector under different policy scenarios, highlighting the potential of various policy combinations to forge a more dynamic growth path, with lower emissions and greater equality. Further identifying seven sectors that can drive sustainable development and proposing policies to foster these sectors, the publication concludes with an analysis that links up macroeconomic, industrial, social and environmental policies and the role of the State in building consensus for their implementation.
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Page : 252 pages
File Size : 14,8 MB
Release : 1899
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Author : Mustapha Rouis
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 082139729X
This book summarizes the constraints to and opportunities for deepening economic integration within the MENA region and beyond. Trade and investment reform are discussed together with physical connectivity, cross-border trade facilitation, infrastructure networks, and the vital role of logistics.
Author : Walter D. Mignolo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 32,9 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1317966716
This is the first book in English profiling the work of a research collective that evolved around the notion of "coloniality", understood as the hidden agenda and the darker side of modernity and whose members are based in South America and the United States. The project called for an understanding of modernity not from modernity itself but from its darker side, coloniality, and proposes the de-colonization of knowledge as an epistemological restitution with political and ethical implications. Epistemic decolonization, or de-coloniality, becomes the horizon to imagine and act toward global futures in which the notion of a political enemy is replaced by intercultural communication and towards an-other rationality that puts life first and that places institutions at its service, rather than the other way around. The volume is profoundly inter- and trans-disciplinary, with authors writing from many intellectual, transdisciplinary, and institutional spaces. This book was published as a special issue of Cultural Studies.
