Title: Foreignization of Agricultural Land in Cotacachi, Ecuador

Abstract:
This research is part of the studies of international retirement migration (IRM), land markets and changes in the territory. Using the example of the Andean city of Cotacachi in Ecuador, this study analyzes how the sale of agricultural land for the construction of housing developments for retired foreigners is affecting the organization of space and the living conditions of indigenous communities.

Research Activities:

In order to identify the different impacts that are taking place in the city, a multi-temporal map of the growth of foreign-owned properties has been developed, data from the real estate sector has been collected and analyzed, and several semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders and community leaders have been conducted.

Project Head: Prof. Dr. Peter Dannenberg
Investigator: Marcelo Crespo Enríquez

Funding: DAAD - Doctoral Programmes in Germany (Period 2019-2023)

Selection of papers:

Crespo, M., Follmann, A., Butsch, C., Dannenberg, Peter., 2022. International Retirement Migration: Mapping the spatio-temporal growth of foreign-owned properties in Cotacachi, Ecuador. Journal of Maps. doi:10.1080/17445647.2022.2039310 (forthcoming)

Magazines:

Crespo, M., 2019. Extranjerización de la tierra en el Ecuador, in Matices Zeitschrift zu Lateinamerika, Spanien und Portugal, Heft 99.

Poster Presentation:

Crespo, M., 2021. International Retirement Migration: Property Prices and Impacts on Indigenous Communities in Cotacachi, Ecuador. GSGS Conference, Geoscience Graduate School University of Cologne, Digital Conference, 05.03. 2021

Selection of presentations:

Crespo, M., 2020. Foreignization of agricultural land in Cotacachi Ecuador. II National Congress of Geography of Ecuador. Cuenca. Digital conference, 12.11.2020

Crespo, M., 2020. International Retirement Migration in the Ecuadorian Andes. Kolloquium UMWIG – Umwelt Wirtschaftsgeographie. Digital conference, 20.11.2020

Crespo, M., 2021. International Retirement Migration: Mapping the spatio-temporal growth of foreign-owned properties in Cotacachi, Ecuador. Kolloquium UMWIG – Umwelt Wirtschaftsgeographie. Digital conference, 03.12.2021