Economic and Social Development in Port Cities of Central America: An Updated Analysis

Desarrollo económico y social en ciudades portuarias de Centroamérica: un análisis actualizado Introducción Las ciudades portuarias…

Cruises in Costa Rica

Cruceros en Costa Rica En Costa Rica puede hablarse de industria de cruceros a partir del…

Costa Rica: Coastal planning, port cities and natural resources

Costa Rica: planificación costera, ciudades portuarias y recursos naturales Costa Rica limita con dos cuerpos de…

Puntarenas, COVID-19 and “Parque el Muellero”

In Puntarenas, located on the Pacific Ocean coast of Costa Rica, an outstanding urban infrastructure project…

PROCIP: Decade One

The Integral Research Program for the Development of Port Cities (acronym in Spanish as PROCIP) celebrates…

Quepos: the pier and the city

It is night and it is hot, even the sea breeze feels hot. I’m sitting on…

Port concessions and impacts on the development of the port cities of Costa Rica

Costa Rica has little experience in concessions and public-private partnerships (PPP), especially when it is compared…

Puntarenas: re-thinking the port city

For more than a decade, I have dedicated myself to the study of port cities and,…

Puntarenas: Cruise trips and local impact of the tropical storm Nate

Costa Rica is located in a region of the world where storms and hurricanes are frequent…

Costa Rica: INCOP and the cruise industry

Services of cruise ships has been part of the history of the Costa Rican Institute of…

INCOP: Port and city thanks to a law

The Costa Rican Institute of Pacific Ports (called in Spanish as INCOP), recently enrolled to RETE,…

PROCIP: Methodological experiences for the scientific approach to the port city

When the PROCIP began to organize the maritime-port symposia in 2009, we took note on the…

Limón and the hope in ports

The city of Limon is subject to various interpretations: a natural paradise made up of green…

New neighbors in the Caribbean port cities: invasive species

They arrived by accident at the beginning of this century. They found a paradise in this…

Central America starts network of port cities

Actually, there is a good chance to create a Central American network for the study of…

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