1st Edition

Micro and Small Enterprises, Water and Developing Countries A Challenge for Sustainability in Colombia

322 Pages
by CRC Press

322 Pages
by CRC Press

The relationship between environmental agencies and polluters is especially challenging in the context of micro and small sized enterprises (McSEs) in developing countries. The focus is mainly at end-of-pipe solutions that are usually unaffordable for McSEs. In order to engage them in achieving national environmental policy goals, this thesis reflexively combines the theoretical fields of Action... Read more

1. Introducing Micro and Small Industries
2. A Framework Embracing Diversity
3. Approaches for the Marginalized: Methods
4. Colombia: Needing its Own Identity as a Water Sensitive and Inclusive Country
5. Comparative Case Studies: Cerrito and San Benito
6. Action Research in Villapinzón
7. Conclusions and Contributions
8. References
9. Annexes

Biography

Monica Sanz is a biologist with a pragmatic view of today’s environmental crisis. She finished her Masters in Business Management with emphasis on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at University of Los Andes in Colombia. She was the leader in Colombia of the EU project SWITCH and added the dimension of social inclusion through her PhD thesis work. She has created the NGO INPRESC standing for Inclusion, prevention and solving conflicts, aiming at supporting marginalized communities become sustainable.