El agua fluye hacia el turista
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Navas, Grettel
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Quito, Ecuador : Flacso Ecuador
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La creciente demanda de agua potable para abastecer la industria hotelera en la costa pacífica costarricense ha llevado al sector turismo a buscar fuentes cada vez más alejadas, ocasionando tensión e incertidumbre en las comunidades locales por una futura escasez. Bajo un marco teórico de Ecología Política y Justicia Ambiental, este artículo caracteriza tres conflictos generados por el turismo residencial e inmobiliario en la provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica: Lorena (1998), Sardinal (2006) y Potrero (2014). En los tres casos, las comunidades utilizan la judicialización del conflicto como estrategia para asegurar su derecho al agua potable y a un ambiente sano. Se concluye que a pesar del aparente éxito, los escenarios de conflictividad continúan latentes y se recomienda una revisión profunda del modelo turístico que se está implementando. Las revisiones propuestas incluyen: la participación de las comunidades locales en la toma de decisiones relacionadas al agua, información libre y previa con los actores locales y una clasificación sobre los usos del agua con criterios y prioridades.
Increasing levels of tourism in Northern Pacific Costa Rica have led to a shortage in potable water that is disproportionately affecting local communities and straining ever distant hydrological resources. This results in three environmental conflicts: Lorena (1998), Sardinal (2006) and Potrero (2014). In response, the permanent habitants of Guanacaste have turned to political and judicial activism in order to assure their right to water and a healthy environment. Despite the apparent success, Political Ecology based analysis of these issues reveals latent conflicts that call for further revision of the tourism focused policies in the province. Suggested revisions include: participation of the local communities in the decision making related to water, free and previous information with local people and a rank of the water uses with priorities criteria.
Increasing levels of tourism in Northern Pacific Costa Rica have led to a shortage in potable water that is disproportionately affecting local communities and straining ever distant hydrological resources. This results in three environmental conflicts: Lorena (1998), Sardinal (2006) and Potrero (2014). In response, the permanent habitants of Guanacaste have turned to political and judicial activism in order to assure their right to water and a healthy environment. Despite the apparent success, Political Ecology based analysis of these issues reveals latent conflicts that call for further revision of the tourism focused policies in the province. Suggested revisions include: participation of the local communities in the decision making related to water, free and previous information with local people and a rank of the water uses with priorities criteria.
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2015-09
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p. 27-47
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Navas, Grettel. 2015. El agua fluye hacia el turista (Dossier) o The water flows toward the tourist. Letras Verdes. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Socioambientales Flacso - Ecuador, 18:27-47.