Abstract

ZUNIGA ARIAS, Ana Yolanda. Colonization, Farming, and Rains. Notes for a Local History of Rivas, Costa Rica, 1950-2000. Historelo.rev.hist.reg.local [online]. 2013, vol.5, n.10, pp.236-268. ISSN 2145-132X.

The aim is to show how the processes of appropriation and use land are factors that contribute to the vulnerability, under the impact of natural events in the district of Rivas (Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica). The article is structured in three parts: the first one describes general aspects of the place. Then, It is characterized the process of the agricultural colonization of the region and the landscape around 1955. Finally, it presents the incidence of landslides, and floods induced by tropical storms and hurricanes. The analysis is based mainly on primary sources written, oral, and the Agricultural Census of 1955.

Keywords : agriculture; colonization; floods; Rivas; Costa Rica.

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