The materialization of the Buen Vivir and the Rights of Nature: Rhetoric and Realities of Guayaquil Ecológico urban regeneration project

Abstract In 2008, Ecuador became the first country in the world to declare nature as a subject of rights based on the ‘Buen Vivir’ (Good Living) philosophy which is premised on an indigenous principle that envisions a world where humans are part-and-parcel of a larger natural and social environment....

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Main Authors: María Fernanda Ordóñez, Kelly Shannon, Viviana d’Auria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-01-01
Series:City, Territory and Architecture
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40410-021-00147-w