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Concentración Urbana: El Papel De La Competición, Jason Peuquet
Concentración Urbana: El Papel De La Competición, Jason Peuquet
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
In the year 1996 economists Paul Krugman and Livas Alizondo published a study addressing the correlation between the degree to which a country’s economy is open to foreign pressures and competition and the degree to which the country experiences the phenomenon of urban concentration. However, in 2003 another economist, Olga Alonso-Villar published another study that presents evidence against Krugman and Elizondo’s argument. This study states that after an extended period of time, during which an economy has been closed to foreign pressures and competition, such as Chile and other Latin American countries during the era of import substitution industrialization, when …
Desarrollo De La Comunidad Y Humano Como Resultado Del Turismo, Annie Moulton
Desarrollo De La Comunidad Y Humano Como Resultado Del Turismo, Annie Moulton
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This independent study project is a case study of San Pedro de Atacama, a small town that is developing economically from a large influx of the tourism business. The project is focused on community and human development as a result of the presence of tourism, but it is also a study of how important complete development of a town is. In a world of towns just like San Pedro trying to develop and modernize, their success and their future depends greatly on their ability to not only develop their economic sector, but to advance the unity and collective support of …