[PDF] Reconstruction And Transformation Of Central America After Hurricane Mitch eBook

Author : Vicki Gass
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 37,9 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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Examines the roles of civil society in the reconstruction process after Hurricane Mitch, identifying the internal and external factors that facilitated or inhibited their ability to shape policy or influence construction plans of national governments, IFI's bilateral donors.

Author : Marisa O. Ensor
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 34,88 MB
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816549303

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Around the world disaster vulnerability is on the rise. The incidence and intensity of disasters have increased in recent decades with lives being shattered and resources being destroyed across broad geographic regions each year. As it swept across the Honduran landscape, the exceptional size, power and duration of Hurricane Mitch abruptly and brutally altered the already diminished economic, social, and environmental conditions of the population. In the aftermath of the disaster a group of seven socio-environmental scientists set out to investigate the root causes of the heightened vulnerability that characterized pre-Mitch Honduras, the impact of the catastrophe on the local society, and the subsequent recovery efforts. Edited by Marisa O. Ensor, this volume presents the findings of their investigation. The Legacy of Hurricane Mitch offers a comprehensive analysis of the immediate and long-term consequences of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras. Based on longitudinal ethnographic fieldwork and environmental assessments, this volume illustrates the importance of adopting an approach to disaster research and practice that places “natural” trigger events within their political, cultural, and socio-economic contexts. The contributors make a compelling case against post-disaster recovery efforts that limit themselves to alleviating the symptoms, rather than confronting the root causes of the vulnerability that prefigured the disaster.

Author : Diego Sanchez-Ancochea
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1135102368

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Central America constitutes a fascinating case study of the challenges, opportunities and characteristics of the process of transformation in today’s global economy. Comprised of a politically diverse range of societies, this region has long been of interest to students of economic development and political change. The Handbook of Central American Governance aims to describe and explain the manifold processes that are taking place in Central America that are altering patterns of social, political and economic governance, with particular focus on the impact of globalization and democratization. Containing sections on topics such as state and democracy, key political and social actors, inequality and social policy and international relations, in addition to in-depth studies on five key countries (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala), this text is composed of contributions from some of the leading scholars in the field. No other single volume studies the current characteristics of the region from a political, economic and social perspective or reviews recent research in such detail. As such, this handbook is of value to academics, students and researchers as well as to policy-makers and those with an interest in governance and political processes.