The (mis)use of disaster as opportunity: Coerced relocation from Celaque National Park, Honduras

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Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1357-1379

  Timms, Benjamin F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Disaster capitalism; Honduras; Political ecology; Protected areas; Relocation

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; DISASTER; ECONOMIC POLICY; NATIONAL PARK; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURE CONSERVATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PROTECTED AREA; RELOCATION;

CELAQUE NATIONAL PARK; HONDURAS;

EID: 79961182712     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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