1st Edition
I Am Destroying The Land! The Political Ecology Of Poverty And Environmental Destruction In Honduras
By Susan C Stonich
Copyright 1994
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is about interconnections-those among the historical, geographic, demographic, social, economic, and ecological aspects of development-as well as how Central Americans struggle with the interplay of increasing poverty and environmental degradation. Centering on the case of southern Honduras and expanding to include the Central American region, Susan Stonich's analysis employs an... Read more
1 Linking Development, Population, and the Environment: Perspectives and Methods 2 Southern Honduras: Environment and Demography The Environment of Southern Honduras, 3 The Historical Legacy 4 Agricultural Development in Southern Honduras: The Human and Environmental Effects 5 Local Level Responses to Agrarian Transformation: The Municipality and the Community 6 Strategies for Survival: The Dynamics of Rural Impoverishment and Environmental Destruction 7 Conclusions: The Political Ecology of Development
Biography
Susan C. Stonich is associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Environmental Studies Program at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
