CLAG Panamá 2014 Program / Programa

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MARTES, 7 DE ENERO : TUESDAY, 7 JANUARY

Hora Salón Chair

09-10:30 Rubí Biogeography I / Biogeografía I Kristen Conway-Gómez

09-10:30 Topacio Human Geography I / Geografía humana I María J. Pérez Espino

09-10:30 Zafiro Hazards / Riesgos Mónica L. Martínez Herrera

Coffee Break ~ Receso 10:30-11:00 Salón Diamante 11:00-12:30 Rubí Special Session / Sesión Especial Karl Offen

Mapping Latin American Geographies / El mapeo de las geografías latinoamericanas 11:00-12:30 Topacio Human Geography II / Geografía humana I Carl L. Johannessen 11:00-12:30 Zafiro Economic Geography / Geografía económica María del Carmen Juárez

Lunch / Almuerzo 12:30-14:00

14:00-15:30 Rubí Special Session / Sesión Especia Ana K. Spalding

“Land Grab” in Latin America / “Acaparamiento de tierras” en América Latina 14:00-15:30 Topacio Social Justice / Justicia social Kirk Walker 14:00-15:30 Zafiro Geographic Education / Educación geográfica I Marie Price

Coffee Break ~ Receso 15:30-16:00 Salón Diamante

16:00-17:30 Rubí Special Session/Sesión Especial Patricia Solís

Women geographers and women in geography in the Americas / Geógrafas y las mujeres y la geografía en las Américas

16:00-17:30 Topacio Political Ecology / Ecología política David Salisbury

16:00-17:30 Zafiro Special Session/Sesión Especial Alvaro Sánchez Crispín Tourism and Territory in Natural Protected Lands in Mexico and

Central America El turismo y territorio en los áreas naturales protegidas de México y Centroamérica

16:00-17:30 Planta baja/basement Poster Session / Sesión de Posters

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WEDNESDAY, 8 JANUARY: MIÉRCOLES, 8 DE ENERO

09-10:30 Rubí Biogeography II / Biogeografia II Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt

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09-10:30 Topacio Governance / Gobernanza María Perhtchikova

09-10:30 Zafiro Hazards II / Riesgo II María Teresa Sánchez

Coffee Break ~ Receso 10:30-11:00 Salón Diamante

11:00-12:30 Rubí Tourism & Leisure / Turismo y Ocio Leonardo Nava Jiménez

11:00-12:30 Topacio Human Geography III/Geografía Humana III Martin Danyluk

11:00-12:30 Zafiro Geographic Education II / Educación geográfica II Roger Sánchez

Lunch / Almuerzo 12:30-14:00

14:00-15:30 Rubí Special Session / Sesión Especial Claudia Radel, Mariel Aguilar-Støen International Labor Migration and Changing Latin American Landscapes and Societies La migración internacional y cambios en paisajes y sociedades latinoamericanas

14:00-15:30 Topacio Special Session / Sesión Especial Joshua Rudow Changing Landscapes: Field Studies from Mexico and Peru Paisajes cambiantes: Estudios de campo de México y del Perú 14:00-15:30 Zafiro Tourism / Turismo Nikolai Alvarado Receso ~ Coffee Break, 15:30-16:00 Salón Diamante 16:00-17:30 Rubí Historical Geography / Geografía Histórica Heidi Scott

16:00-17:30 Topacio Urban Geography / Geografía Urban María Adames de Newbill

16:00-17:30 Zafiro Film/Película Paraíso for Sale/Paraíso en Venta Chair: Ana Spalding

19:30-22:30 Pre-paid Banquet, Miraflores Restaurant: buses will leave El Hotel Panamá at

18:30 sharp

Banquete (pre-pagado), Restaurante Miraflores: los autobuses saldrán del Hotel Panamá a las 18:30 en punto

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MARTES 7 DE ENERO : TUESDAY 7 JANUARY

09-10:30 Salón Rubí Biogeography I / Biogeografía I Chair: Kristen Conway-Gómez La biodiversidad de Los Andes Centrales como respaldo para el desarrollo rural Córdova Aguilar, Hildegardo

Assessing the feasibility of using small unmanned aircraft systems for community forest monitoring in tropical areas Paneque-Gálvez, Jaime, Michael K. McCall, Brian M. Napoletano, Serge A. Wich, Lian Pin Koh

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Climate Justice: Low-Income Communities and Access to Resources at the U.S.-Mexico Border Wilder, Margaret Not all forests are created equal: Community-based tree-planting aids and accelerates forest recovery in Northwest Andean Ecuador Wilson, Sarah Jane and Jeanine Rhemtulla Encounter Rates at Basking Sites of Yellow Spotted River Turtles (Podocnemis unifilis) in Lowland Eastern Bolivia Conway-Gómez, Kristen, Michael Reibel and Christopher Mihiar

09-10:30 Salón Topacio Human Geography I / Geografía humana I Chair: María J. Pérez Espino Movilidad temporal de población migrante en Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche Aldana Marbán, Juan Manuel, y Denisse Hernández Linares Social Production and the “Nature” of Water: A Case Study from Southern Mexico Biles, James J.

Morfología de la zona urbana de la Isla de Cozumel, Quintana Roo Padilla y Sotelo, Lilia Susana y Pas. Ivan Molina Gardida La gobernanza de la migración en la cooperación transfronteriza en la frontera México - Estados Unidos Pérez Espino, María Josefina The Uneven Impacts of Lifestyle Migration in Belize Jackiewicz, Ed Researching Slow Tourism: Methods for Quantifying and Qualifying Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts on Caribbean Destinations Timms, Benjamin F.

09:00-10:30 Salón Zafiro Hazards / Riesgos Chair: Mónica Lucía Martínez Herrera Diagnóstico sobre la contaminación por metales pesados en la ciudad de México Bautista, Francisco, Carmen Delgado, Rubén Cejudo, Patricia Quintana, Silvia Ramos Avto Goguichaishvili, Bertha Aguilar Juan Morales Reasons for dispossession: Environmental threats and economic interests in Colombian Caribbean Coast Mahecha, Ana Maria and Monica Patricia Hernandez Los problemas institucionales de la gestión de riesgo a nivel municipal en México Pérez Reyes, Luis Alberto

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Los Atlas de riesgos municipales como instrumentos de gestión territorial: el caso del municipio de Progreso, Yucatán Martínez Herrera, Mónica Lucía Accelerated landscape transformations in 21st century Panama: Amid economic boom and rising malnutrition Dagang, A. and F. Herrera

Coffee Break ~ Receso 10:30 – 11:00 Salón Diamante

11:00-12:30 Salón Rubí Special Session / Sesión Especial Chair: Karl Offen Mapping Latin American Geographies / El mapeo de las geografías latinoamericanos The “Great Lakes” project in Chocó, Colombia: Cold War mappings for an alternative inter-oceanic canal project Diaz Angel, Sebastián Élisée Reclus’ Latin American Mapping: Forerunner of Today’s Critical Cartography Matthewson, Kent and David Ramirez Zonas de Vida: Biogeographical Mapping in Costa Rica Hoagland, Bruce, Karl Offen and Humberto Jimenez Saa

Cartographic Sleuthing: The toponym ‘Mosquito’ and early colonial maps of Caribbean Central America Offen, Karl Reading the map: The consequences of Capt. B. Dickson’s boundary post 16 placement in the 1902 Argentina-Chile arbitration Robinson, David J.

Mapping Flowers in the Equatorial Andes Knapp, Gregory

11:00-12:30 Salón Topacio Human Geography II / Geografía humana II Chair: Carl L. Johannessen

Old World Plants and Animals across the Panamanian Isthmus to Peru Gade, Daniel W. Historical land use change in central Mexico: Another potential contributor to the Little Ice Age Hunter, Richard The 260-Day Solar Year Agricultural/Religious Calendar Cycles Johannessen, Carl L. and Falken Forshaw Recent investigation of collapse sinkholes (rejolladas) as loci of cacao production in the northern Maya lowlands Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., Manahan, T.K., Balzotti, C., Terry, R., Ogato, N., and Hutson, S. Caracterización agroecológica de la vainilla (vanilla spp.) en la huasteca potosina

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Trinidad García, Karina Lizbeth, Humberto Reyes Hernández, Ramón Jarquín Gálvez, José Luis Flores, Francisco Javier Sahagún

Comparative Breadfruit use among Miskitu, Garifuna, Creole and Rama populations of Nicaragua’s Csta Atlántica Tillman, Benjamin

11:00-12:30 Salón Zafiro Economic Geography / Geografía económica Chair: María del Carmen Juárez

El comercio minorista en México: supermercados, minisupers y tiendas departamentales a la conquista del territorio Casado Izquierdo, José María y María Teresa Sánchez Salazar Shale gas development in North America: implications for petrochemical value chains in Mexico Duhalt, Adrian Assessing Spatial Association between Vacant Housing Units and Criminal Activity in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico (2005-2010) Fuentes, Cesar M. and Vladimir Hernandez

La desigualdad socioeconómica, en la Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche Juárez Gutiérrez, María del Carmen y Marena Sofía García A Critical Analysis of the Discourse of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs as a Poverty Alleviation Strategy in Latin America Lebrón, Crisne

Cuando la proximidad espacial no es suficiente: la formación del sistema productivo (spl) pirotécnico de Tultepec, Estado de México Velázquez Duran, Victor Manuel y Rocío Rosales Ortega

Lunch / Almuerzo 12:30 -14:00

14:00-15:30 Salón Rubí Special Session / Sesión Especial Chair: Ana K. Spalding

“Land Grabbing” in Latin America / “Acaparamiento de tierras” en América Latina

Finding the Plot: The Land Grab along Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast Taylor, Matthew J., LaVanchy, Gary T., and Sveinsdóttir, Anna G. Creating Darién and facilitating land grabbing: Darién’s geographical imaginary Velázquez Runk, Julie Frontier land sales changing through time in Peru's high jungle Holland, Tim

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Re-conceptualizing the grab for land in Latin America: Lifestyle Migration as a driver of change in land tenure, land use, and socio-environmental aspects of life in Bocas del Toro, Panama Spalding, Ana K. Discussant: Anthony Bebbington

14:00-15:30 Salón Topacio Social Justice / Justicia social Chair: Kirk Walker Murder, Migration, Manifestación and Environmental Change in Highland Guatemala Conz, Brian W. ¿Dónde están?: The Multiplicity of Perceptions in Seeking Justice for Guatemala’s Disappeared Henderson, Erica and Catherine Nolin Situación, sexualidad y producción de espacio en el Metro de la Ciudad México: reflexiones alrededor de la geografía cultural en el transporte público Nava Sánchez, Alfredo

Landscapes of Resistance: Community Opposition to Canadian Mining Operations in Guatemala Pedersen, Alexandra Hyper-development and Environmental Injustice in Panama City Sadoff, Natasha

The Memory of Violence: Visual Narratives in Post-conflict Peru Walker, Kirk and Catherine Nolin

14:00-15:30 Salón Zafiro Geographic Education / Educación geográfica I Chair: Marie Price Existe uma crise na formação do professor de Geografia no Brasil atualmente? Navarro da Fonseca Paixão, Yan Geographical and conceptual approximation to the studies of Environmental/Ecosystem Services: analysis at global and Mexican scale Perevochtchikova, María and Julia Oggioni Building Collaborative Research Opportunities into Study Abroad Programs: A Case Study from Panama’s Casco Viejo Price, Marie and Patricia Solís

Los materiales didácticos para la enseñanza de la Geografía en la Escuela Nacional Preparatoria de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ramos-Trejo, Alejandro y Germán Carrasco-Anaya

Sustainable Health Academic Research Project (SHARP): eLearning Module for International Women’s Health Education and Sustainable Development Research

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Sandoval, Graciela

Receso ~ Coffee Break, 15:30-16:00 Salón Diamante 16:00-17:30 Salón Rubí Special Session / Sesión Especial Chair: Patricia Solís

Women geographers and women in geography Geógrafas y las mujeres en la geografía en América Latina

A Partial Landscape of Women Geographers and Women in Geography in the Americas Solís, Patricia Female Geographers Building International Academic Relationships Adames de Newbill, María Role of Women in Field Work Price, Marie Building Collaborative Research Opportunities into Study Abroad Programs: A Case Study from Panama’s Casco Viejo Price, Marie and Patricia Solís Feminist Geography and Reciprocity Torres, Rebecca Institutional Strengthening by and for Women Tejada, Isis

16:00-17-5:30 Salón Topacio Political Ecology / Ecología política Chair: David Salisbury Village networks and traditional agriculture in the District of Mazan, Napo River, Peruvian Amazon Abizaid, Christian, Yoshito Takasaki, Oliver T. Coomes, Pablo Arroyo Bees, trees, and social unease in the Amazon Brown, J. Christopher Payment for ecosystem services, land use, and carbon storage in the Ecuadorian Andes Farley, Kathleen A, Leah L. Bremer and Carol P. Harden Mapping International Development in the Andean Amazon: Power, Participation, and Process Massey, Thomas Dillon Concejos Territoriales: New functional Indigenous territorial jurisdictions of the Honduran Muskitia Herlihy, Peter, H. Taylor Tappan, John H. Kelly, Andrew M. Hilburn and Jerome E. Dobson The Political Ecology of Indigenous Land Claims in the Amazon Borderlands

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Salisbury, David S. and Diego B. Leal 16:00-17:30 Salón Zafiro Special Session / Sesión Especial

Chair: Alvaro Sánchez Crispín

Tourism and Territory in Natural Protected Lands in Mexico and Central America / El turismo y territorio en los áreas naturales protegidas de México y Centroamérica

Turismo y tipos de áreas naturales protegidas (ANP) en el estado de Yucatán Propin Frejomil, Enrique y Abel Villagrán Gutiérrez Territorialidad del turismo en el lago Atitlán, Guatemala Sánchez Crispín, Álvaro y José Alberto Garibay Gómez Turismo y territorio: Actividad turística en la Reserva Natural Laguna de Apoyo, Nicaragua Jirón García, Alfonso, Berta Adilia y Mena García Turismo sostenible en torno al Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja, Guanacaste, Costa Rica Alvarado Sánchez, Meylin y Pablo Miranda Alvarez Turismo y territorio en áreas naturales protegidas: el Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica Quirós Arias, Lilliam Escenario físico-geográfico y potencial ecoturístico del Parque Nacional Marino Golfo de Chiriquí, Panamá Hernández, Gloria 16:00-17:30 Basement/Sótano Poster Session / Sesión de Posters Research and academic opportunities through an Altitudinal Gradient in Tropical Environments González, Eugenio and Chris Houser Human variability to climate change in Calakmul, Mexico Green, Lisa An Assessment of paladares: a case study of Vedado in Havana, Cuba Gibson, Leah and Sarah A. Blue The Unreported Voices from Tourist Destinations Sánchez, Gines and Jennyfer Grigsby Eco-hydrology of a Tropic Montane Forest: A REU site hosted by Texas A&M University in Costa Rica Houser, Chris and Eugenio González

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Wednesday, 8 January : Miércoles, 8 de enero

09-10:30 Salón Rubí Biogeography II / Biogeografía II Chair: Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt Forest landscapes of eastern Panama reflect cultural identities of swidden farmers Kirby, Kathryn R., Domingo Díaz, and Sarah E. Gergel Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map forest resources: Spatial patterns of non-timber forest resource distribution in the Peruvian Amazon and support of community conservation efforts Penn, Jim, Elisabeth Cole, Malinda Van Sledright, and Andrew Wisniewski Theory and Context in Analyzing Livelihoods, Land Use and Land Cover: Lessons from Petén, Guatemala Shriar, Avrum J. Ecologies of mangrove restoration for climate mitigation in El Salvador, 2011-2013 Wilmot, Fiona Changes in Mangrove Habitat in the Dominican Republic Meyer-Arendt, Klaus J. and Stuart E. Hamilton

09-10:30 Salón Topacio Governance / Gobernanza Chair: María Perevochtchikova Geographies of E-government in Latin America and the Caribbean Warf, Barney Brazil’s Insertion into Globalization Geiger, Pedro Incentivos Económicos Ambientales como estrategia de conservación de los recursos naturales en la Cuenca Hidrográfica del Canal de Panamá Martínez, Raúl El impuesto predial en Ciudad Juárez desde una perspectiva de equidad Peña Medina, Sergio Geopolítica de Estados Unidos en Panamá Pérez Morales, Carlos Evaluación de los efectos del programa de Pago por Servicios Ambientales Hidrológicos en la comunidad de San Miguel y Santo Tomás Ajusco, México Perevochtchikova, María e Iskra A. Rojo Negrete

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09:00-10:30 Salón Zafiro Hazards II / Riesgos II Chair: María Teresa Sánchez Measuring Household Resilience to Food Insecurity: The Case of the 2009 Earthquake in Costa Rica Cano Amaya, Laura Riparian Resilience or Riparian Risk? Uneven Productions of Water Scarcity and Water Abundance in the Sonoran borderlands House-Peters, Lily Is Resource Extraction a Curse or Bonanza for Local Communities? Mining Case Study: Quiruvilca, Peru Tamblyn, Giulliana and Catherine Nolin La megaminería de metales preciosos en México: Impacto territorial y socioeconómico y conflictividad social, 1990-2013 Sánchez Salazar, María Teresa y José María Casado Izquierdo

Coffee Break ~ Receso 10:30-11:00 Salón Diamante

11:00-12:30 Salón Rubí Tourism & Leisure / Turismo y Ocio Chair: Leonardo Nava Jiménez Propuesta de Ordenación Territorial para El Litoral del Distrito de Antón (Provincia de Coclé, República de Panamá) González Martínez, Mirna La geografía como parte del proceso de planificación turística: caso Archipiélago de las Perlas López Otero, Elías Argentina’s Place and Geographies of Scale in International Rugby Union Wise, Nicholas and John Harris Análisis territorial del campismo en México Nava Jiménez, Leonardo

11:00-12:30 Salón Topacio Human Geography III / Geografía humana III Chair: Martin Danyluk

Latino Influence in U.S. Elections: A Demographic and Spatial Analysis of Latino Voters in U.S. Presidential Elections, 1992-2012 Medina Cordero, Marina Del C. New trends in Immgration Patterns and Policies in Brazil Lowell, Jonathan

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Actividades portuarias y alcance regional de Ensenada y Cedros Hernández Linares, Denisse Esmeralda The Two Chinas in Latin America: A Case Study of the China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Struggle in Latin America Tz Yang Liu, Michel Phase Two of Autonomy: Nicaraguan Indigenous Territorial Governments Mary Finley-Brook and Alexander Pais

“One Big Port”: Producing and Contesting Logistics Space in Panama’s Transit Corridor Danyluk, Martin

11:00-12:30 Salón Zafiro Geographic Education II / Educación geográfica II Chair: Roger Sánchez Berkeley en México: aportes y revaloraciones en la geografía Mexicana Urquijo, Pedro S., Gerardo Bocco, María G. Lira y Paola Segundo A Learning Experience for International Consulting Work: The Tapajos Basin Project of Brazilian Amazonia Muniz Solari, Osvaldo Reality and rumor: the gray areas of development work in Guatemala Clouser, Rebecca Suministro, instalación, mantenimiento, capacitación y financiamiento del Sistema de Cartografía Digital de la República de Panamá Lic. Israel Sánchez Moreno Giras Académicas Interdisciplinarias en la Asignatura de Fitogeografía Sánchez, Roger

Lunch / Almuerzo 12:30 – 14.00

14:00-15:30 Salón Rubí Special Session / Sesión Especial Chairs: Claudia Radel and Mariel Aguilar-Støen

International Labor Migration and Changing Latin American Landscapes and Societies / La migración laboral internacional y cambios en paisajes y sociedades latinoamericanos

Agriculture, land tenure and international migration in rural Guatemala Aguilar-Støen, Mariel, Matthew Taylor, and Edwin Castellanos Landscapes of migration and rural transformation in Chinandega, Nicaragua Carte, Lindsey and Birgit Schmook

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Uncovering Nodes in the Transnational Social Networks of Hispanic Workers Chaney, James Debt Landscapes: Migration, Loan Default, and Land Change in Rural Guatemala Johnson, Richard, L.

Libre Movilidad, Politics, and the Migration-Development Nexus: The case of Ecuador Jokisch, Brad

Impact of migration on land use and gender relations in Calakmul, Mexico Radel, Claudia, Brigit Schmook and Lisa Green

14:00-15:30 Salón Topacio Special Session / Sesión Especial

Chair: Joshua Rudow

Changing landscapes: Field Studies from Mexico and Peru / Paisajes cambiantes: Estudios de campo de México y del Perú

Temporal Footprints of Colonial Land Use in a Coffee-Growing Region, Mexico Ponette-González, Alexandra and Matthew Fry Gauging the Material and Perceptional Realities of Roadside Litter across a Rural-but-Urbanizing Mexican Municipio: The case of Coxcatlán, Puebla, México Hillburn, Andrew

Agricultural Adaptations to Climate Change in the Río Ica Watershed, Peru Rudow, Joshua Restoring Degraded Agricultural Lands: Key Structures and Processes LeFevor, Matthew C. Creating Digital Elevation Models in Data-Poor Mountainous Regions: A Comparative Analysis of DEMs Developed for a Peruvian Glacial Valley Fry, Matthew and Alexandra Ponette-González

14:00-15:30 Salón Zafiro Tourism / Turismo Chair: Nikolai Alvarado Tourism as tragedy? Common problems with water in post-revolutionary Nicaragua Lavanchy, Gary Elaboración de topoguías senderistas como práctica docente y como herramienta para el análisis geográfico Franch Pardo, Ivan, José de Jesús Alfonso Fuentes Junco, y José Arturo Fuentes Jiménez La falta de comunicación puede ser la ruina del turismo en Yarinacocha, Peru Diaz Pulgar, Samuel

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¿Del mar quién es dueño? Artisanal Fisheries, Tourism Development and the Struggles over Access To Marine Resources in Playa Gigante, Nicaragua Alvarado, Nikolai Alexander

Receso ~ Coffee Break, 15:30-16:00 Salón Diamante

16:00-17:30 Salón Rubí Historical Geography / Geografía Histórica Chair: Heidi Scott Rails to Revolution: Preliminary Findings on Railroads, Railroad Workers and the Geographies of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 Agredano, Hector, CUNY Graduate Center Amber Arthun Warburton and the Discovery of Hispanic Child Labor in Agriculture in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas Brannstrom, Christian La territorialidad perdida del Perú del siglo XIX: la Propuesta de Demarcación Territorial de Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán Delgado Estrada, Juan Manuel e Iris Imelda Moreno Mory

A Gringo in Panama: Harry Franck’s use of humor in Zone Policeman 88 Driever, Steven L.

Taking the tropics underground: New World nature and the subterranean in Juan de Cárdenas's Problemas, y secretos maravillosos de las Indias Scott, Heidi V 16:00-17:30 Salón Topacio Urban Geography / Geografía Urbana Chair: María Adames de Newbill Fraccionamientos cerrados en Ciudad del Carmen, exclusión y segregación social Aguayo Bedolla, Priscila, Padilla y Sotelo Lilia S. Real-estate promoters and urban sprawl in the Metropolitan Area of Puebla City, Mexico Cabrera, Lorena, and Javier Delgado Urban Structure and Transport: Spatial Effects of the New Route of the Metropolitan Subway, 12 in Mexico City Murata, Masanori, Javier Delgado and Manuel Suárez Artist’s creative interactions in everyday spaces of work, play and dwelling. The case of Edificios Condesa in México City Mercado Celis, Alejandro La precariedad de la vivienda en los destinos turísticos de Cozumel y Playa del Carmen, México

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Ruíz Tzuc, Ixchel y Oscar Frausto Martinez Revitalization in the Neighborhood of San Felipe de Neri in the Historic District of Panama Adames de Newbill, María de Los Angeles

16:00-17:30 Salón Zafiro Film / Película Paraíso for Sale / Paraíso en Venta Presenter: Ana K. Spalding Synopsis : What price would you pay for paradise? And who would you be willing to take it from? The pristine archipelago of Bocas del Toro, Panama, attracts retirees and developers from the U.S. with its crystal-clear waters and its island culture. In Paraíso for Sale, filmmaker, Anayansi Prado, returns to her homeland to document the effects the fast-growing migration is having on the local community. This engaging and revealing documentary tells the personal stories of the people who call this area home and would like to keep it that way. From an American couple who’ve invested not just in their home but in their Panamanian community to a local businessman turned political hopeful and an indigenous leader fighting for his land, the characters and stories in Paraíso for Sale speak to the larger global issue of communities, new and old, under siege from faceless corporations.

Paraíso for Sale explores issues of modern day colonialism, residential tourism, global gentrification and reverse migration, by revealing that immigration between Latin America and the US is not just a one-way street. [http://paraisoforsale.impactofilms.com/synopsis.html]

19:30-22:30 [Pre-paid] Banquet, Miraflores Restaurant: Buses will leave Hotel Panamá promptly at 18:30

/ [pre-pagado] Banquete, Restaurante Miraflores: Los autobuses saldrán del Hotel Panamá a las 18:30 en punto