Abstract
D ESPITE its small size, Costa Rica possesses a great variety of natural resources, and although the manner in which these have been put to use has a good deal in common with that in other tropical countries, it nevertheless shows certain distinctive features. From the poorest colony of Spain in America, Costa Rica has become the leader among the Central American republics in per capita production. Economically it was the introduction of coffee after independence was attained that made the most profound change in the structure of the country, developing a kind of agrarian democracy, so that today Costa Rica has one of the highest standards of living in the tropics.' We may therefore begin this discussion of the landutilization regions of Costa Rica with the central coffee belt.
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