As Belize’s leading destination for tourism and development, the proposal is an urban fabric through energy and infrastructure strategies paired with ecological restoration. Energy independence can be achieved in tandem with nature-based strategies towards decarbonization and coastal resilience.
San Pedro can be the new model for climate resilience through clean energy and sustainable tourism infrastructure, and that making energy visible through design can support regional economic diversification and be a leading example and testing ground for future habitats in Belize. The urban landscape can be redesigned as permeable public spaces, retrofitted buildings, and waterfront strategies of protection from storm scenarios and expansion of the public beach.
A new postcard image for San Pedro is proposed by rethinking urban design with energy centrally integrated into our built environment and allow for such infrastructure to become a eco-tourist destination. With energy and infrastructure forefronted in this new image, the unit of change can be an example for Belize and the Caribbean.
