In the wake of COVID-19, tourism on Bonaire is showing signs of rapid and near-complete recovery. At the same time, the population has continued to grow significantly. In 2019 and 2020 this growth was driven primarily by net immigration into Bonaire from other islands in the Dutch Caribbean, Central and South America, and European Netherlands. Bonaire’s economy is heavily concentrated on tourism and, in recent years, has experienced a steady increase in foreign direct investment (FDI), mainly in real estate. As in other Caribbean islands, the tourism-based economy has generated a flourishing real estate market, and demand after the pandemic has accelerated. The World Bank, through the European Union (EU)-funded Disaster Risk Financing Technical Assistance (DRFTA) for Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), will work closely with Bonaire’s government to assess the island’s carrying capacity in light of the rapid growth in tourism, population, and real estate development. Will do this by developing a study assessing the island’s carrying capacity as a function of its environment, economic activity, culture, social structure, infrastructure, land use, and climate resilience. The main objective is to assess Bonaire’s carrying capacity to develop tourism and manage development, by providing an analytical tool to determine growth scenarios and simulate impacts. The study will give the Executive Council of Bonaire the information and tools to inform a growth strategy for mobilizing the island’s institutional, financial, and technical resources.
Authors
- Citation
- “ World Bank . 2024 . Bonaire Sustainable Urban Development Carrying Capacity Study . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42109 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
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- Other Urban Study
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- 34382646
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34382646
- Pages
- 60
- Published in
- United States of America
- Report
- 193300
- Rights
- CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
- UNIT
- Urban LCR (ILCUR)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42109
- date disclosure
- 2024-08-29
- region geographical
- Caribbean , Latin America
- theme
- Disaster Risk Management,Disaster Response and Recovery,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Finance for Development,Finance,Climate change,Urban and Rural Development,Adaptation,Disaster Risk Finance
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Table of Contents
- Abbreviations Contents 3
- Methodological Approach 4
- Introduction 4
- Background and context of the study 4
- Objective of the study 4
- 8 9 5
- Economic development 5
- 10 11 6
- Resident population development 7
- 14 15 8
- 16 17 9
- 18 19 10
- Tourism development 10
- 20 21 11
- 22 23 12
- Resident Sentiment Survey Results 12
- Introduction 12
- 24 25 13
- Survey Results 13
- 26 27 14
- 28 29 15
- 30 31 16
- Bonaire Urban Carrying Capacity Challenges 16
- Fragmented Development Policy 16
- 32 33 17
- Strategy 17
- Population 17
- Immigration 17
- Investments and economic growth 17
- 34 35 18
- Shortage of affordable housing supply 18
- 37 36 19
- Narrow distribution of economic benefits 19
- 38 39 20
- 40 41 21
- 42 43 22
- Loss of cultural identity and cohesion 22
- 44 45 23
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- 48 49 25
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- 54 55 28
- 56 57 29
- 58 59 30
- Island Population Growth Scenarios 30
- Introduction 30
- 60 61 31
- Status Quo growth model 31
- 62 63 32
- 64 65 33
- Growth model scenario comparisons 33
- 66 67 34
- Urban Carrying Capacity Potential 34
- 1. Cohesive development policy 34
- 68 69 35
- 3. Wide and fair benefit distribution 35
- 4. Social equity and cultural integration 35
- 5. Affective productive infrastructure 35
- 70 71 36
- 6. Protection and Conservation of natural resources 36
- Concluding Remarks 36
- 72 73 37
- List of References 37
- 74 75 38
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- APPENDICES 39
- APPENDIX A 39
- INDICATORS BASELINE SOURCE 39
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