Megaproyectos en Centroamérica: dilemas, discursos, debates (PDF)

Megaprojects in Central America: Dilemmas, Discourses, Debates

This book presents a comprehensive historical and political analysis of the largest and most significant megaprojects in tourism, energy, and mining in the context of the development and modernization process in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. At the same time, it describes the methods of implementation of these infrastructure projects and their socio-environmental impacts. It is characterized by a comprehensive, trans-sectoral and comparative approach that includes political, geostrategic, economic, social, cultural and environmental dimensions.

The interdisciplinary nature of the research perspectives is closely related to the diversity of authors who are members of the research group funded by the National Science Center (https://dissonance.wn.uw.edu.pl/). The presence of geographers, political scientists, sociologists, economists, and those with research experience in international relations, anthropology, and environmental protection allowed for the sharing of experiences and practices around cross-cutting and cross-thematic issues.

The publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Poland license (CC BY 3.0 PL) (full license available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode).

Keywords: megaprojects, Central America, development dilemmas, tourism, hydroelectric plants, gold mining.

This book deals mainly with the consequences and local perspectives of the construction of megaprojects in Central America: the hydroelectric projects Reventazón (Costa Rica) and Barro Blanco (Panama), the tourist parks in the Guanacaste region (Costa Rica) and Bahía de Tela (Honduras), and the gold mines La Libertad and La India (Nicaragua). From the beginning, the monograph criticizes the large infrastructures for their costs and, above all, for their social and environmental consequences, which hit the local population hard. I am convinced that it will be a reference for researchers who want to study in more depth the history and current situation of megaprojects in Central America. It is also equipped with a majority view "from outside" the region, excluding any subjective position and providing a general overview of the subject. It is a book that can serve as a reference for framing the subject, but also as a starting point for future research or further investigation of the issue.
PhD Pablo Baistotti (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Paweł Wiechetek, https://orcid.org/
De Mega a Meta: los megaproyectos en la historia Centroamericana
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323561002.pp.15-107

Ewelina Biczyńska, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5214-8590
El debate sobre megaproyectos mineros y energéticos en la prensa nacional de Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323561002.pp.269-318

Mirosława Czerny, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-9912
Katarzyna Dembicz, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8023-088X
El desarrollo regional de América Central: entre el pasado y el presente
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323561002.pp.108-144

Katarzyna Dembicz, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8023-088X
Introducción
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323561002.pp.7-14

Hélene Roux, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7434-9593
La minería aurífera centroamericana. El caso de Mina La India y Mina La Libertad en Nicaragua
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323561002.pp.230-268

Katarzyna Dembicz, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8023-088X
Mirosława Czerny, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-9912
Xinia Carillo Sanchez, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9851-9366
Megaproyectos turísticos en América Central. Los casos de Guanacaste y Bahía de Tela
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323561002.pp.184-229

Jose M. Rodrigo Rojas, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3881-9076
Katarzyna Dembicz, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8023-088X
Oportunidades y desafíos del sector energético en América Central. Algunas refl exiones sobre las centrales hidroeléctricas de Reventazón (Costa Rica) y Barro Blanco (Panamá)
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323561002.pp.145-183