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Complementary Perspectives as a Means of Understanding Regional Change: Frontier Settlement in the Ecuador Amazon

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  • L A Brown
  • R Sierra
  • D Southgate
  • L Labao

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Illustrated in this paper is a research protocol wherein regional change in the Ecuador Amazon, measured in terms of changing settlement patterns, is explored from three distinct but complementary vantage points—idiographic, context-dependent generalizations, and universally applicable frameworks. All analyses are anchored to the study area itself; the region's ground-level reality plays a prominent role throughout; and the Amazon as a place is the object of study. The more universal the explanation, the less information it provides about the Ecuador Amazon per se; but each conceptualization illuminates a distinct aspect of the Amazon experience. A comprehensive understanding is the end result. The research protocol is situated within current concerns over place, the new regional geography, and related research strategies.

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  • L A Brown & R Sierra & D Southgate & L Labao, 1992. "Complementary Perspectives as a Means of Understanding Regional Change: Frontier Settlement in the Ecuador Amazon," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 24(7), pages 939-961, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:24:y:1992:i:7:p:939-961
    DOI: 10.1068/a240939
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    1. Walker, Robert & Homma, Alfredo Kingo Oyama, 1996. "Land use and land cover dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon: an overview," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 18(1), pages 67-80, July.

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