MindMap Gallery Latin America Context Mind Map
The concept of development in the Latin American context is rooted in this region's social, economic, and political transformation. Latin America has traditionally been viewed as an area characterized by a rigid class hierarchy and inequality, contributing to social unrest, economic disparities, institutional weakness, and a lack of political empowerment for individuals. In recent years however, there has been a focus on policies that stimulate job creation, reduce poverty, improve education and health systems, protect democracy, and promote gender equality. These initiatives have created more inclusive societies, greater prosperity, and equitable access to resources for all citizens. Use EdrawMind to create similar mind maps.
Edited at 2022-11-05 03:53:56As Alabama looks to invest in a more sustainable future, it might be productive to look at the sustainability portfolio of Costa Rica as an example. Costa Rica has become one of the world's top destinations for environmental tourism, and it is credited with helping to reduce global carbon emissions by nearly 4% over the past two decades. Over 80 percent of its energy comes from renewable sources like hydropower and geothermal energy plants, while any waste produced is recycled and repurposed. Additionally, the country has worked to preserve its rich biodiversity and ecosystems, creating several national parks and protected areas since. As you can see from this mind map, Costa Rica has taken great strides toward sustainability, creating and implementing a Sustainability Portfolio. This map outlines their progress and can show the viewer, in an eye-catching way, how Costa Rica is making the world a better place to live and grow. With this portfolio, Costa Rica has identified notable shifts for sustainability in transportation, housing, energy production, waste management, and much more. It is quite an impressive accomplishment! EdrawMind lets you create similar mind maps by providing you with best-in-class style options and themes.
The concept of development in the Latin American context is rooted in this region's social, economic, and political transformation. Latin America has traditionally been viewed as an area characterized by a rigid class hierarchy and inequality, contributing to social unrest, economic disparities, institutional weakness, and a lack of political empowerment for individuals. In recent years however, there has been a focus on policies that stimulate job creation, reduce poverty, improve education and health systems, protect democracy, and promote gender equality. These initiatives have created more inclusive societies, greater prosperity, and equitable access to resources for all citizens. Use EdrawMind to create similar mind maps.
As Alabama looks to invest in a more sustainable future, it might be productive to look at the sustainability portfolio of Costa Rica as an example. Costa Rica has become one of the world's top destinations for environmental tourism, and it is credited with helping to reduce global carbon emissions by nearly 4% over the past two decades. Over 80 percent of its energy comes from renewable sources like hydropower and geothermal energy plants, while any waste produced is recycled and repurposed. Additionally, the country has worked to preserve its rich biodiversity and ecosystems, creating several national parks and protected areas since. As you can see from this mind map, Costa Rica has taken great strides toward sustainability, creating and implementing a Sustainability Portfolio. This map outlines their progress and can show the viewer, in an eye-catching way, how Costa Rica is making the world a better place to live and grow. With this portfolio, Costa Rica has identified notable shifts for sustainability in transportation, housing, energy production, waste management, and much more. It is quite an impressive accomplishment! EdrawMind lets you create similar mind maps by providing you with best-in-class style options and themes.
The concept of development in the Latin American context is rooted in this region's social, economic, and political transformation. Latin America has traditionally been viewed as an area characterized by a rigid class hierarchy and inequality, contributing to social unrest, economic disparities, institutional weakness, and a lack of political empowerment for individuals. In recent years however, there has been a focus on policies that stimulate job creation, reduce poverty, improve education and health systems, protect democracy, and promote gender equality. These initiatives have created more inclusive societies, greater prosperity, and equitable access to resources for all citizens. Use EdrawMind to create similar mind maps.
Concept of Development Latin American Context
Definitions of development, well-being, and resource value
Gross National Happiness
Alternative measure of development; it includes measures like psychological wellness, balanced time use, and ecological diversity.
Buen Vivir
Alternative development model; means good life or good living. It stresses living in ways that promote collective well-being of both human and nature.
"Buen Vivir embraces the inseparability and interdependence of humans and nature. Buen Vivir manifests itself in diverse forms. It remains a dynamic, evolving concept rooted in the interdependence between human and non-human species while rejecting the separateness and anthropocentrism embedded in Western belief systems."
Better Life Index from the Organization for Economicc Cooperation and Development (OECD)
"The Better Life Index is designed to let you visualise and compare some of the key factors – like education, housing, environment, and so on – that contribute to well-being in OECD countries. It’s an interactive tool that allows you to see how countries perform according to the importance you give to each of 11 topics that make for a better life."
Gross Happiness Report
"Our measurement of subjective well-being continues to rely on three main well-being indicators: life evaluations, positive emotions, and negative emotions (described in the report as positive and negative affect). Happiness rankings are based on life evaluations as the more stable measure of the quality of people’s lives. In World Happiness Report 2022, we pay special attention, as we did in World Happiness Report 2021, to specific daily emotions (the components of positive and negative affect) to better track how COVID-19 has altered different aspects of life."
Wellbeing Economy Alliance
"WEAll is a collaboration of organisations, alliances, movements and individuals working towards a wellbeing economy, delivering human and ecological wellbeing."
Measurements of wellbeing
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
The monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period, by citizens and foreigners.
GNI (Gross National Income)
The amount of money earned by a country's citizens, both inside and outside the country.
GNI/GDP per capita = totals divided by population
Poverty
Caused by socio-economic status and factors.
(Lecture 6)
Wolfram|Alpha Knowledgebase, 2020
National poverty rate
(1992 to 2020)
Rural poverty rate
Urban poverty rate
Livelihoods
"The means of securing the basic necessities (food, water, shelter and clothing) of life." (Lecture 6)
"A livelihood comprises the: (lecture 6)
Capabilities
Assets (including both material and social resources)
Activities required for means of living."
(Lecture 6)
Describe resource bases & primary modes of livlihood
Lecture
The Andes, Peru
"Indigenous communities protesting foreign buisnesses wanting to mine gold, while indigenous communities want to protect their clean water and way of life."
Quechua people
Yanacocha gold mine located in Cajamarca region of the Northern Highlands of Peru.
Economic Resources
Gold
Copper
Livlihoods
Food security
Shelter
Culture
Influcened by "Neo-Maxist Latin American dependency theory and searching for a Latin American Identity...[and] writers who were deeply critical of industrialized societies." Arturo Escobar
"Laid the groundwork for [Arturo Escobar's] resistance to the prevailing definition of modernization...at odds with the notion that capitalist industrialization was the only alternative." Arturo Escobar
"Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary"
Fresh water
Geographical concepts of spatial interaction, place, & scale to studying economic context.
Natural Resources are finite and vital for indigenous ways of life and worldview.
Tropical forests provide
Food
Shelter
Medicinal plants
Timber
Tropical peatlands
Major carbon sink
Mangroves
Exploitation of natural resources for businesses to make profit. (Latin America's resources: Blessing or curse?)
Mining
Gold
Coal
Oil extraction
Deforestation
Over fishing
"Research and strategies to “develop” the area have centered on large-scale development interventions, such as the expansion of oil palm plantations, mining, and large port development. Against this backdrop, poverty, inequality, and violence have deepened. To say the problem facing the region—and other parts of Latin America—is lack of development is fundamentally flawed." Arturo Escobar
"Latin American nations can and should put forward alternatives to development that incorporate non-Western concepts of what constitutes a thriving society" Arturo Escobar