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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828628203321

Autore

Otsuki Kei.

Titolo

Sustainable development in Amazonia : paradise in the making / / Kei Otsuki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-17962-3

0-203-08250-8

1-299-31949-1

1-136-17963-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in sustainable development ; ; 3

Disciplina

338.981/107

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Amazon River Region

Sustainable forestry - Amazon River Region

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Development and sustainability -- From Utopian to heterotopian Amazonia -- Paradise in a Brazil nut cemetery -- Frontier governance -- Emerging spaces for sustainable development -- Sustainable business for placemaking -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues against the assumption that sustainability and environmental conservation are naturally the common goal and norm for everyone in Amazonia. This is the first book focusing on agency, reflexivity and social development to address sustainable development in the region. It discusses the importance of looking into societal dynamics in order to deal with deforestation and sustainable development policies through the ethnography of an Amazonian settlement named New Paradise.This book demystifies utopian and overtly conservationist views that depict the Amazon rainfor