Local Community Characteristics and Cooperation for Shared Green Reputation

This article examines how basic socioeconomic and political factors are associated with higher levels of cooperation to garner a local community’s shared green reputation. We analyze panel data on participation efforts in a collective voluntary environmental program, the Ecological Blue Flag Program...

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Main Authors:	Rivera, Jorge, Naranjo, Maria Angelica, Robalino, Juan, Alpizar, Francisco, Blackman, Allen
Format:	Artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2020
Subjects:	COMUNIDADES LOCALES SOCIOECONÓMICO POLITICAS COOPERACION ECOLOGIA RECURSOS NATURALES MEDIO AMBIENTE TURISMO CONSERVACION COSTA RICA
Online Access:	https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9531

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spelling	RepoCATIE95312021-12-22T19:09:50Z Local Community Characteristics and Cooperation for Shared Green Reputation Rivera, Jorge Naranjo, Maria Angelica Robalino, Juan Alpizar, Francisco Blackman, Allen COMUNIDADES LOCALES SOCIOECONÓMICO POLITICAS COOPERACION ECOLOGIA RECURSOS NATURALES MEDIO AMBIENTE TURISMO CONSERVACION COSTA RICA This article examines how basic socioeconomic and political factors are associated with higher levels of cooperation to garner a local community’s shared green reputation. We analyze panel data on participation efforts in a collective voluntary environmental program, the Ecological Blue Flag Program, by the entire population of beach communities in Costa Rica between 2001 and 2009. Collective voluntary environmental programs are relatively new and aim to improve environmental performance and shared “green” reputation through joint participation and certification of multisector groups comprising businesses, governmental institutions, and nongovernmental organizations. Our results indicate that higher levels of within-community cooperation for shared green reputation are more likely in seashore localities with lower income inequality and/or a higher number of businesses. These findings run counter to research suggesting these same characteristics are associated with lower levels of cooperation in the management of common pool natural resources such as fisheries and forests. We also find that within-community cooperation is positively correlated with a greater proportion of expatriates from industrialized countries and/or with higher levels of democratic political participation. 2020-08-26T22:05:28Z 2020-08-26T22:05:28Z 2016-01 Artículo DOI: 10.1111/psj.12156 https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9531 en The Policy Studies Journal, (Enero 2016) info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf
institution	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
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language	Inglés
topic	COMUNIDADES LOCALES SOCIOECONÓMICO POLITICAS COOPERACION ECOLOGIA RECURSOS NATURALES MEDIO AMBIENTE TURISMO CONSERVACION COSTA RICA
spellingShingle	COMUNIDADES LOCALES SOCIOECONÓMICO POLITICAS COOPERACION ECOLOGIA RECURSOS NATURALES MEDIO AMBIENTE TURISMO CONSERVACION COSTA RICA Rivera, Jorge Naranjo, Maria Angelica Robalino, Juan Alpizar, Francisco Blackman, Allen Local Community Characteristics and Cooperation for Shared Green Reputation
description	This article examines how basic socioeconomic and political factors are associated with higher levels of cooperation to garner a local community’s shared green reputation. We analyze panel data on participation efforts in a collective voluntary environmental program, the Ecological Blue Flag Program, by the entire population of beach communities in Costa Rica between 2001 and 2009. Collective voluntary environmental programs are relatively new and aim to improve environmental performance and shared “green” reputation through joint participation and certification of multisector groups comprising businesses, governmental institutions, and nongovernmental organizations. Our results indicate that higher levels of within-community cooperation for shared green reputation are more likely in seashore localities with lower income inequality and/or a higher number of businesses. These findings run counter to research suggesting these same characteristics are associated with lower levels of cooperation in the management of common pool natural resources such as fisheries and forests. We also find that within-community cooperation is positively correlated with a greater proportion of expatriates from industrialized countries and/or with higher levels of democratic political participation.
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author	Rivera, Jorge Naranjo, Maria Angelica Robalino, Juan Alpizar, Francisco Blackman, Allen
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title	Local Community Characteristics and Cooperation for Shared Green Reputation
title_short	Local Community Characteristics and Cooperation for Shared Green Reputation
title_full	Local Community Characteristics and Cooperation for Shared Green Reputation
title_fullStr	Local Community Characteristics and Cooperation for Shared Green Reputation
title_full_unstemmed	Local Community Characteristics and Cooperation for Shared Green Reputation
title_sort	local community characteristics and cooperation for shared green reputation
publishDate	2020
url	https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9531
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Local Community Characteristics and Cooperation for Shared Green Reputation

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