The Caño Martín Peña communities in San Juan, Puerto Rico have plans to dredge the channel that runs through them and boost their economy through ecotourism. Our project designed an ecotourism development plan that ensures the use of the restored channel for community benefit. Through community business analyses, conversations with the community, and a gap analysis, we identified existing ecotourism assets, recommended investments, and outlined strategies to formulate what we found into a sustainable ecotourism destination. Our findings are conveyed through a map of our envisioned plan, a business management hierarchy, and guidelines for participating businesses. These deliverables highlight the potential for ecotourism to drive socioeconomic growth in the communities.

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Creator

• Hoar, Kylie
• Stepney, Rashad
• Lowy, Aaron
• Kaplan, Zachary
• Cuccovia, Anthony

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability
• Culture
• Community
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 117917
• E-project-022824-101145

Advisor

• Davis, John-Michael
• Belz, Melissa

Year

• 2024

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 1 - No Poverty
• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
• 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 10 - Reducing Inequality
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13 - Climate Action
• 15 - Life On Land
• 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

Date created

• 2024-02-28

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-022824-101145

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Dernière modification

• 2024-04-22