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Tourism in Post-revolutionary Nicaragua Struggles over Land, Water, and Fish

This book interrogates the impact of tourism on local lives and environments along the southern Pacific Coast of Nicaragua. Nicaragua has turned to tourism to earn needed foreign exchange and to provide jobs. The unplanned boom, however, has come with costs to local environments. Using an in-depth c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: LaVanchy, G. Thomas, Taylor, Matthew J. (Author), Alvarado, Nikolai A. (Author), Sveinsdóttir, Anna G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
Series:SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies
Subjects:
Cultural Geography
Latin America—economic Conditions
Tourism Management
Environmental Geography
Management
Latin American And Caribbean Economics
Hydrology
Tourism
Hydrology/water Resources
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Background to Tourism in Nicaragua with a focus on the Pacific Coast
  • Chapter 2. When the Wells Run Dry Tourism’s Demand for Water and Responses to Water Insecurity
  • Chapter 3. The Elitization of Space
  • Chapter 4. When Tourism Collides with Local Livelihoods Artisanal Fisheries and Ownership of Sea Space
  • Chapter 5. Nicaragua’s Surfing Revolution Bringing Radical Changes to the Coast
  • Chapter 6. Tourism and Conflict along Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast What is in Store for the Future?

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