Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

This collection contains proposed designs and planning documents to assist in Sustainable Community Development, based on issues identified as important by the community. Many of the projects in this collection come from the Sustainable Futures Summer academic program at the Monteverde Institute.

This digital collection is a service of the Monteverde Institute, whose mission is to catalyze social, ecological and economic sustainability by integrating community initiatives with education, research and conservation.

Esta colección contiene diseños propuestos y documentos de planificación para ayudar en el Desarrollo Comunitario Sostenible, basados en temas identificados como importantes por la comunidad. Muchos de los proyectos de esta colección provienen del programa académico de verano Futuros Sostenibles del Instituto Monteverde.

Esta colección digital es un servicio del Instituto Monteverde, cuya misión es catalizar la sostenibilidad social, ecológica y económica integrando iniciativas comunitarias con educación, investigación y conservación.

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Progress report on Enlace Verde [PowerPoint], 2002

Karen Douthwaite

Creating conservation corridors to help maintain healthy biota while balancing economic delopment. 4 slides deleted for copyright compliance.
Proposal Iglesia Catolica de Santa Elena, 2002

Anirban Adhya, Colleen Bathon, Dave Gibson, and Eric Kuhlman

Proposal to relocate the church in Santa Elena.
Propuesta: Iglesia Católica de Santa Elena, 2002

Anirban Adhya, Colleen Bathon, Dave Gibson, and Eric Kuhlman

The Catholic Church in Santa Elena asked for the attendance of the Sustainable Futures 2002 course of the Monteverde Institute to investigate the possibility to move a part or all the facilities to the new property located in front of the cementery in the neighborhood of the same name.
Proyecto del redondel de Cerro Plano [PowerPoint], 2002

Lynda Schneekloth

A PowerPoint summarizing possible alternate activities for the rennovation of the bullring.
Santa Elena mapping methology, 2002

Lauren Borst

Mapping methodology for Santa Elena
[Scenario planning in Santa Elena], 2002

Monteverde Institute

A collection and analysis of information and growth projections for the area of Santa Elena de Monteverde resulting in the development of a base map and three alternative scenarios using the scenario planning process.
Scenarios for Santa Elena [PowerPoint], 2002

Monteverde Institute

A PowerPoint presenting the inventory and analysis of the issues present in scenario planning in Santa Elena, the scenarios envisioned and the steps needed to be taken in achieving the proposed changes.
Scenarios for Santa Elena [PowerPoint], 2002

Lynda Schneekloth

Presentation on the methology, analysis, and suggestions for 3 different scenario plans in Santa Elena.
Terreno del redondel de Cerro Plano: Alternativas futuras, 2002

Eugene Curtin, Travis Ingersoll, Chris Romano, and Eric Romanyszyn

A report prepared to parents asociation, Board of education, and the director at the Cerro Plano School about the alternative uses of the existing bull ring and the surrounding property in Cerro Plano.
The Cerro Plano bull ring plaza: Proposals for the reuse of the bull ring property, 2002

Eugene Curtin, Travis Ingersoll, Chris Romano, Eric Romanyszyn, and Ellen Wang

Proposal on how to make better use of the under-utilized bull ring in Cerro Plano.
[Traffic, Santa Elena], 2002

Monteverde Institute

Raw data, tabulated and summarized of traffic flow into and around Santa Elena. Vehicle type and location included. Some data from 2001.
Cerro Plano land use study: [Supporting materials: Data], 2001

Monteverde Institute
Farm-A Conservation Easement, 2001

Christopher Graham

Final report for the Finca A easement project.
Farm-A Conservation Easement [PowerPoint], 2001

Christopher Graham

Final report for the Finca A easement project
Farm-A Conservation Easement [PowerPoint], 2001

Christopher Graham

Final report for the Finca A easement project
Farm-A Conservation Easement [PowerPoint], 2001

Monteverde Institute

Final report for the Finca A easement project
Land use development in Monteverde: Scenario Planning [PowerPoint], 2001

Nathan Schrimshaw
Library study: Support materials: Hand renderings, 2001

Monteverde Institute
Monteverde land use study: [Supporting materials: Data], 2001

Monteverde Institute
Projections for 2010 and 2020 [Population studies for Monteverde: Supporting materials: Data], 2001

Monteverde Institute

In order to develop future scenarios for Monteverde and Cerro Plano, we developed a process to determine the number of structures we had to include in these scenarios and how many people were likely to live in the zone.
Traffic study: Supporting Materials: Hand Renderings, 2001

Monteverde Institute

Hand renderings of traffic scenarios for the Monteverde region.