At the Border of the Socio-environmental Conflict: the Rural Way of Life and the Development of Sun and Beach Tourism in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

At the Border of the Socio-environmental Conflict: the Rural Way of Life and the Development of Sun and Beach Tourism in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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Main Authors: Hernández, Aurora, Picón, Juan Carlos
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2011
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/7703
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spelling AMBIENTALES77032019-08-23T21:19:26Z At the Border of the Socio-environmental Conflict: the Rural Way of Life and the Development of Sun and Beach Tourism in Guanacaste, Costa Rica En la frontera del conflicto socio-ambiental: el modo de vida rural y el desarrollo del turismo de sol y playa en Guanacaste, Costa Rica Hernández, Aurora Picón, Juan Carlos Guanacaste desarrollo turístico conflictos socio-ambientales comunidades costeras Guanacaste tourist development socio-environmental conflicts coastal communities The tourism in Guanacaste has been one of the economical activities with major growing in this region and its economical importance even impacted the growth of the Internal Gross Product of Costa Rica. However, in spite of its natural beauties, Guanacaste offers limitations associated to the same natural conditions like, the six months of dry periods, the pronounced slopings of same hillsides and   the ecological importance of the mountain areas and coastal zones. The social and natural conditions in which the growth of this economical activity has taken place, the appearance of conflicting situations has resulted between communities and developing enterprises. The objective of these pages is to analyze the resulting socio environmental conflicts between the coastal communities and the developing projects in the last 20 years in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. As part of the methodology it has carried out a search in the national press to document the conflicts.  As a result, It has been possible to achieve the systematization of the principal conflicts opened and organized in a typology which lets to a appreciate them among a joint of topics which are affecting the development in Guanacaste. El turismo en Guanacaste ha sido una de las actividades económicas con mayor crecimiento en esta región, habiendo aumentado el producto interno bruto de Costa Rica. Sin embargo, pese a sus bellezas naturales, Guanacaste ofrece limitaciones asociadas con las condiciones naturales, por ejemplo: los seis meses de período seco, las pendientes pronunciadas de algunas laderas y la importancia ecológica de las áreas de montaña y zonas costeras. Las condiciones naturales y sociales en las que se ha dado el crecimiento de esta actividad económica han ocasionado situaciones conflictivas entre comunidades y desarrolladores. En este artículo se analiza los conflictos socio-ambientales que se han producido entre las comunidades costeras y los proyectos de desarrollo turístico en los últimos 20 años en Guanacaste, Costa Rica. El análisis se basa en información hemerográfica. Como resultado, se logró sistematizar los principales conflictos que se han abierto y se han organizado en una tipología que permite apreciarlos dentro de un conjunto de temas que afectan el desarrollo en Guanacaste.  Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2011-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Journal articles Artículo Artigo application/pdf https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/7703 10.15359/rca.42-2.3 Tropical Journal of Environmental Sciences; Vol. 42 No. 1 (2011): Julio-Diciembre; 31-44 Revista de Ciencias Ambientales; Vol. 42 Núm. 1 (2011): Julio-Diciembre; 31-44 Revista de Ciencias Ambientales; v. 42 n. 1 (2011): Julio-Diciembre; 31-44 2215-3896 1409-2158 spa https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/7703/8339 Derechos de autor 2016 Revista de Ciencias Ambientales
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title_short At the Border of the Socio-environmental Conflict: the Rural Way of Life and the Development of Sun and Beach Tourism in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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title_alt En la frontera del conflicto socio-ambiental: el modo de vida rural y el desarrollo del turismo de sol y playa en Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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