This project analyzed La Esperanza, a 500-acre property of abandoned land in Ponce, Puerto Rico to determine how to implement hunting, fishing and passive recreation within a manageable reserve. The team worked with the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) to examine how to include these different activities simultaneously. After various methods, the team developed a set of recommendations for the DNER. The team proposed creating new trails, boardwalks, observation towers, and infrastructure for La Esperanza along with a breakdown for the location of each activity on the land. The team was able to assess the locals' opinions, through questionnaire interviews, to suggest a community involved recommendation plan to the DNER.

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Creator

• Partridge, Stephen Kenneth
• Yatim, Hussein Tarek
• Digeser, Drew Thomas
• Bourque, Matthew James

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability
• Infrastructure
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-051712-180121

Keyword

• Rural development
• Parks--Management

Advisor

• Madan, Aarti Smith
• Peet, R. Creighton

Year

• 2012

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• DNER

Date created

• 2012-05-17

Location

• San Juan

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright