Environmental Challenges of an Oil-Rent Based Economy

Autor

  • Arnoldo José Gabaldón

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.10.2013.24.20

Słowa kluczowe:

Environmental politics, natural resources, oil economy, Venezuela

Abstrakt

This paper addresses the environmental issues taking place in Venezuela an oil rent‑ based economy and a mono producing country. This article reports on the transformations that occurred during the last ninety years since oil exploration began. The development style of a mono‑ producing country has had direct consequences in terms of the generated social and environmental impacts. But also, in terms of a number of other issues that have affected the relationship between society and nature and that has given very specific characteristics to that relationship. In consequence, the current environmental management must face a series of challenges. This paper proposes the outline of the environmental strategy that must be followed: a more challenging environmental management of oil industry; improvement of urban environmental management; sustainable management of water resources; biodiversity conservation; and sustainable development education. In conclusion it formulates some ideas that revile the most important lessons from the Venezuelan experience regarding environmental management.

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Biogram autora

  • Arnoldo José Gabaldón

    Civil Engineer, UCAB, 1960. Ms. Stanford University, USA, 1961. Diploma in Development Economics, University of Manchester, UK, 1973. Minister of Public Works from 1974 to 1977. Minister of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources from 1977 to 1979. Member of Congress, Republic of Venezuela, from 1984 to 1994. Chairman of the Presidential Commission for the State Reform (COPRE) 1986‑1989. President of the Latin American Centre for Development Administration (CLAD). President of the Administrative Council of the United Nations Program for the Environment 1987‑1999. International Consultant in Environment. Honorary Professor at the Simon Bolivar University, where he teaches in the Sustainable Development PhD program. Member of the Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering and Habitat. Author of several books.

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Opublikowane

15-05-2013

Jak cytować

“Environmental Challenges of an Oil-Rent Based Economy”. 2013. Politeja 10 (2 (24): 327-38. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.10.2013.24.20.

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