Los nuevos desafíos de la puesta en práctica de las políticas de saneamiento ambiental.

García, Horacio Alejandro Chamizo

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“…According to previous studies in Costa Rica and people interviewed in the field, in order to adopt appropriate actions within this framework, a cultural change is required, especially for health personnel and national and local authorities. Unsurprisingly, the manifested resistance to adopt more complex frameworks such as the social production of health might cause that many environmental sanitation problems keep unresolved (Artavia & López, 2007;Chamizo, 2009).…”

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Sustainable sanitation from a multi-layered approach: the case of Costa Rica

Salazar¹

2018

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The purpose of this article is to present the case of Costa Rica in its recent efforts to achieve sustainable environmental sanitation. Mainly, it is based on a theoretical framework that integrates the notion of environmental sanitation practices at multiple levels: the macro level (environmental and social policies), and at the micro level (community actions and individual daily practices). The context of Costa Rica is taken into account, since it presents an interesting case study in terms of environmental sanitation. On the one hand, it is a country widely recognized for its ecological policies framed within a "green agenda", with high social development indexes. However; on the other hand, it faces increasingly greater challenges in terms of sanitation planning, inter-institutional coordination, legislation, financing and maintenance of current sanitation systems.This article takes up some results of the author's doctorate study, which conducted a mixed-methods approach. The qualitative data were obtained from in-depth interviews with national authorities, locals, community leaders, and heads of households. The quantitative data were obtained from the application of a survey in three different communities with rural, urban, and semi-urban characteristics. At the national level, the main result is a paradigm shift in the conception of health, where the joint production of healthy environments should be paramount, within the framework of the right to live in a healthy and sustainable environment. At the community level, local efforts to protect their natural resources for tourism or productive purposes are highlighted, and at the individual level a mixture of reactive and proactive daily practices is found.

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Sustainable sanitation from a multi-layered approach: the case of Costa Rica

Salazar¹

2018

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La gestión del saneamiento ambiental en asentamientos humanos en Costa Rica: los casos de dos comunidades urbanas y una rural

García¹

2010

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El concepto de saneamiento ambiental debe superar la noción tecnocrática dominante para situarse en su dimensión sociopolítica, desde el modelo de gestión de la Nueva Gobernanza Democrática. Los casos seleccionados son dos asentamientos periurbanos y uno rural, con problemas de saneamiento ambiental. Se estudiaron las representaciones sociales y sus posibles efectos en el comportamiento de los actores durante la gestión. Las condiciones del contexto ambiental son importantes en la formación de las ideas en torno al problema y sus posibles soluciones. Los conceptos, valores, y actitudes dominantes han sido asignados fundamentalmente desde las organizaciones del Estado durante la interacción en las redes de actores. Tales valores contribuyen a la simplificación y fragmentación de la realidad, dificultando la atención de la complejidad de los problemas.

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Los nuevos desafíos de la puesta en práctica de las políticas de saneamiento ambiental.

Cited by 2 publications

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Sustainable sanitation from a multi-layered approach: the case of Costa Rica

Sustainable sanitation from a multi-layered approach: the case of Costa Rica

La gestión del saneamiento ambiental en asentamientos humanos en Costa Rica: los casos de dos comunidades urbanas y una rural

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