First Study Space (2008), Panama - LatCrit

First Study Space (2008), Panama

Forewords

Colin Crawford, Foreword and Acknowledgments: About the Study Space Project

Francisco Valdes, Foreword: Interruptions and Intersections: Journeys to the Center of the Americas

Contents

Colin Crawford, Saving Biodiversity at the Crossroads of the Americas

Jorge Esquirol, Titling and Untitled Housing in Panama City

Carmen Gonzalez, Environmental Impact Assessment in Post-Colonial Societies: Reflections on the Proposed Expansion of the Panama Canal

Ileana Porras, Panama City Reflections: Growing the City in the Time of Sustainable Development

Daniel Suman, Tamales & Bollos—Patrimonio De La Humanidad /World Heritage: Challenges Faced by Restoration Efforts in Panama City’s San Felipe Historic District

Osvaldo Jordan, “I Entered During the Day, and Came Out During the Night”: Power, Environment, and Indigenous Peoples in a Globalizing Panama

Eric Rogers, Out with the Old in With the New: Housing Issues for the Middle-Class in Panama City, Panama

Tiffany Williams, The Ties that Bind: Capitalizing on the Existing Social Fabric in Public Housing to Revitalize Neighborhoods and Avoid Displacement in Panama City, Panama