Home Institution
Oberlin College
Publication Date
Spring 2009
Abstract
Introduction - extract
No place on Bali illustrates the promise and heartbreak of development more clearly than the failed development project on Serangan Island, the location of a halted (if not completely aborted) development project in the 1990s that drastically changed the landscapes and livelihoods on the island in a relatively short span of time. Prior to the development project, most Serangan people made a living from fishing in the ocean surrounding the island, as well as from extracting coral and engaging in the turtle trade. These same people were promised jobs in the resorts that were to be built on the island. But, after development faltered in the 1998 Indonesian crisis, the promised jobs evaporated and the environment was so heavily damaged that people could no longer gain as much income from working with the island’s natural resources, ultimately worsening the quality of life on the island.
Disciplines
Economics | Growth and Development | Natural Resources and Conservation | Tourism
Recommended Citation
Nakad, Julia, "The Cost of Progress: Failed Development and Community Response on Pulau Serangan" (2009). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 702.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/702
Included in
Growth and Development Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Tourism Commons
Program Name
Indonesia: Balinese Arts & Social Change