Zuzana Lhotáková: Policy of sustainable development in Ecuador in the context of the region of Latin America Abstract Sustainable development can be defined as a strategy that enables the long-term needs of humanity to be met within the limits of natural resources. Since ecosystems of global importance (Amazon rainforests) and rich deposits of natural resources are located in Latin America, future development of this region is going to have impact on planetary level. Ecuador as a developing country with extreme biodiversity and vast deposits of oil and metals is perfect object for my case study. Constitution of Ecuador (2008) recognizes "Mother Earth" as a subject of law with specific legal entitlements and promotes the pursuit of buen vivir2 as an obligation of state. The aim of the study was to analyze how several selected individuals in Ecuador who openly embrace the sustainable develompent or buen vivir concept perceive official state policies in this regard. The following aim was to evaluate how these implemented policies correspond with principles of sustainable development or buen vivir promoted in the Constitution. In my thesis I analyze the content of semi-structured interview and participant observation records which I have collected during my field research in Ecuador. The majority of interviewed...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:346918 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Lhotáková, Zuzana |
| Contributors | Křížová, Markéta, Opatrný, Josef |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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