Sustainable amazonia. structural change and policy options in rural and urban areas.

Objective

Against the background of changing settlement structures in Amazonia, the implementation of regional sustainable development becomes an increasing challenge for science, politics and planning. Sustainable settlement patterns, however, are an indispensable precondition for the conservation of resources and the battle against poverty in this region. This proposal will examine central aspects of rural-urban linkages and identify the respective potential they have for sustainable development. By means of discussions with regional decision-makers from politics and different stakeholders, solution strategies for the removal of structural and political barriers for the implementation of sustainable regional development are then to be developed. The interchange with scientists will serve the purpose to develop theoretical concepts explaining current socio-economic and political processes in peripheral regions.

Programme(s)

• FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Funding Scheme

ACM - Preparatory, accompanying and support measures

Coordinator

THE UNIVERSITY OF TUEBINGEN

Address

Sigwartstrasse 10
72076 Tuebingen
Germany

Participants (6)

ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE

France

Address

Boulevard Jourdan, 48
75014 Paris

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO

Brazil

Address

Cidade Universitaria - Ilha Do Fundao
21945-970 Rio De Janeiro

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH - BRAZILIAN AMAZON

Brazil

Address

Rua Bento De Andrade, 85
04503-010 Sao Paulo

HCF MANSILLA

Bolivia

Address

La Paz

INSTITUTO LATINOAMERICANO DER INVESTIGACIONES SOCIALES - FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG

Bolivia

Address

Av 6 De Agosto, Pasaje Pascoe, 3
La Paz

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

United Kingdom

Address

Houghton Street
WC2A 2AE London