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The Cost Of Progress: Failed Development And Community Response On Pulau Serangan, Julia Nakad
The Cost Of Progress: Failed Development And Community Response On Pulau Serangan, Julia Nakad
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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 …