Deforestation pressure and biological reserve planning: a conceptual approach and an illustrative application for Costa Rica.
This paper proposes an index of "deforestation pressure" for use in reserve planning.
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Tourist Expansion and Development of Rural Communities: The Case of Monteverde, Costa Rica.
The establishment of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in Costa Rica has affected adjacent rural communities in a variety of ways.
Knowledge and attitudes on population and environmental issues: A survey of university students in Costa Rica and the United States.
Amenity migration to the global south: Implications for community development.
In this study, conducted in Nuevo Arenal, Costa Rica, the authors begin to address the gaps in the understanding of the effects of amenity migration to the global South by examining this phenomenon from a community field perspective.
Policy implications and analysis of the determinants of travel mode choice: An application of choice experiments to Metropolitan Costa Rica.
Authors use a choise experiment among commuters to identify policies to reduce congestion and pollution in metropolitan Costa Rica.
Population and deforestation in humid tropics
This policy monograph on the subject of Population and Deforestation in the Humid Tropics is based on the papers of a Seminar on the same topic organized by the Committee on Population and the Environment, one of the scientific committees of IUSSP.
Modeling the population-environment interaction: A geo-demographic analysis of north-central Costa Rica to support biological corridor designation, conservation policy and practice.
Buck and Ventura combined data of human populations, biophysical conditions, infrastructure, land tenure and other landscape factors as layers in a geographic information system. Using simple factor analysis the authors generated a priority areas model to aid in conservation efforts.
Simulating land-use decisions in the La Amistad Biosphere Reserve buffer zone in Costa Rica and Panama
We describe development of a preliminary model that integrates ecological, economic, and social factors affecting land-use decisions in the buffer zone of the La Amistad Biosphere Reserve in Costa Rica and Panama. The model simulates potential shifts in the distribution of land among six alternative uses and the resulting impacts on the finances of rural families living within the buffer zone over the next decade.
Management of natural hazard risk in Cartago, Costa Rica
Montoya and Masser identify gaps in urban disaster mitigation plans with special attention to urbanization in developing countries.
Population and deforestation in Costa Rica.
This paper addresses a central debate in research and policy on population and environment, namely the extent to which rapid population growth is associated with the massive deforestation currently underway in the tropics.
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