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Nikolai A Alvarado

Assistant Professor

UIUC

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Earth, Society & Environment

Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science

Nikolai A Alvarado is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Assistant Professor at Uiuc.

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Nikolai A Alvarado

UIUC

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spanish tourism migration studies costa rica political science human migration citizenship tourism research tourism geography transnational mobility international tourism advertising latin american research citizenship studies destination marketing sustainable tourism tourism economics latin american studies migration policy cultural tourism tourism management portuguese geography colonialism human geography latin american politics marine policy urban geography political geography tourism planning ecotourism tourism development post-revolutionary nicaragua pacific coast marine biology caribbean studies urbanization latin american economic history environmental planning urban studies infrastructure engineering latin american archaeology latin american diaspora groundwater overexploitation sustainable groundwater management groundwater management fishery enforcement seafood industry commercial fishing infrastructure development urban infrastructure tourism performance international tourism land redistribution land-use planning refugee movements diasporic movement forced migration refugee status spatial politics urban politics nicaraguan migrants migrant politics area marina protegida artisanal fisheries latin americans latin americanist geography latin america common pool problems back again current dilemmas related insecure land tenure property disputes south-south migration international migration inter-american relation urbanism

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Nicaraguan Exiles and the Urbanization of Refuge in Costa Rica. Current History (2025)

Nikolai A. Alvarado

human geographynicaraguan exilesspanishhuman migrationcosta ricaanthropologyafrican american studiesnationalityrefugee studiesrefugee movementsmigration studiesdiasporic movementforced migrationrefugee lawstate-centered refugee frameworksrefugee status

Urban Infrastructure and Migrant Citizenships: Notes Towards Migrant-State Relations in the Urban Peripheries. Environment and Planning C Politics and Space (2025)

Nikolai A Alvarado

civilizationspolitical geographycitizenship studiespolitical scienceurban affairstransnational mobilitysouth-south trajectoriesspatial politicsmigration policyhuman migrationcitizenshipurban politicspolitical participationmigration studiescosta ricaurbanism

EDITORIAL: Rethinking the Multiplicity of Urban Infrastructure. (2023)

Nikolai AlvaradoSimone Vegliò

architecturesustainable urbanismurban geographyurban designurban planningurban studiesinfrastructure developmenturban infrastructureinfrastructure engineeringurbanism

Political Infrastructures, Infrastructures of Citizenship! Self-Installed Urban Services and the Incremental Acquisition of Rights by Nicaraguan Migrants in Costa Rica.. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (2021)

Nikolai A Alvarado

citizenship studiespolitical sciencetransnational mobilitymigration policypolitical infrastructurespublic policyhuman migrationcitizenshipself-installed urban servicesmigration studiescosta rica

Shitty Citizenships, Trashy Politics: Migrant Spaces, Racism, and Street Politics in Costa Rica.. Urban Geography (2021)

Nikolai A Alvarado

political sciencepoliticstransnational mobilitysociologysocial sciencespolitical sociologycitizenshiplatin american politicsstreet politicstrashy politicsmigration studiescosta ricalatin american studies

From Boom to Bust and Back Again? Current Dilemmas Related to Tourism Along Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast. SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies (2020)

G. Thomas LaVanchyMatthew J. TaylorNikolai A. AlvaradoAnna G. SveinsdóttirMariel Aguilar-Støen

tourismdestination marketingtourism researchtourism performanceecotourismback againspanishpublic policytourism managementsustainable tourisminternational tourismtourism economicstourism geographypacific coastinternational tourism advertisingcurrent dilemmas relatedglobalization

Imagining the “Emerald Coast”: Insecure Land Tenure, Property Disputes, and Tourism Development. SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies (2020)

G. Thomas LaVanchyMatthew J. TaylorNikolai A. AlvaradoAnna G. SveinsdóttirMariel Aguilar-Støen

civilizationspolitical geographypolitical ecologyinsecure land tenureland redistributionreal estatehistorical geographyproperty disputesgeographyland-use planningtourism development

Migrant Politics in the Urban Global South: The Political Work of Nicaraguan Migrants to Acquire Urban Rights in Costa Rica. Geopolitics (2020)

Nikolai A. Alvarado

citizenship studiespolitical sciencetransnational mobilitymigration policyspanishnicaraguan migrantshuman migrationcitizenshiplatin american politicsmigrant politicsmigration studiescosta rica

Tourism Along Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast: Context and Dilemmas. SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies (2020)

G. Thomas LaVanchyMatthew J. TaylorNikolai A. AlvaradoAnna G. SveinsdóttirMariel Aguilar-Støen

tourismdestination marketingtourism researchspanishtourism managementpacific coasttourism geographycultural tourisminternational tourism advertising

Tourism as Tragedy? Common Pool Problems With Groundwater. SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies (2020)

G. Thomas LaVanchyMatthew J. TaylorNikolai A. AlvaradoAnna G. SveinsdóttirMariel Aguilar-Støen

groundwater overexploitationtourismsustainable groundwater managementgroundwatercommon pool problemshydrogeologyenvironmental sciencegroundwater managementenvironmental planning

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Nikolai A Alvarado

Assistant Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Earth, Society & Environment

Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science

Nikolai A Alvarado is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Assistant Professor at Uiuc.

Honors

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UIUC

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Nicaraguan Exiles and the Urbanization of Refuge in Costa Rica. Current History (2025)

Nikolai A. Alvarado

Urban Infrastructure and Migrant Citizenships: Notes Towards Migrant-State Relations in the Urban Peripheries. Environment and Planning C Politics and Space (2025)

Nikolai A Alvarado

EDITORIAL: Rethinking the Multiplicity of Urban Infrastructure. (2023)

Nikolai AlvaradoSimone Vegliò

architecturesustainable urbanismurban geographyurban designurban planningurban studiesinfrastructure developmenturban infrastructureinfrastructure engineeringurbanism

Nikolai A Alvarado

citizenship studiespolitical sciencetransnational mobilitymigration policypolitical infrastructurespublic policyhuman migrationcitizenshipself-installed urban servicesmigration studiescosta rica

Shitty Citizenships, Trashy Politics: Migrant Spaces, Racism, and Street Politics in Costa Rica.. Urban Geography (2021)

Nikolai A Alvarado

From Boom to Bust and Back Again? Current Dilemmas Related to Tourism Along Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast. SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies (2020)

G. Thomas LaVanchyMatthew J. TaylorNikolai A. AlvaradoAnna G. SveinsdóttirMariel Aguilar-Støen

Imagining the “Emerald Coast”: Insecure Land Tenure, Property Disputes, and Tourism Development. SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies (2020)

G. Thomas LaVanchyMatthew J. TaylorNikolai A. AlvaradoAnna G. SveinsdóttirMariel Aguilar-Støen

civilizationspolitical geographypolitical ecologyinsecure land tenureland redistributionreal estatehistorical geographyproperty disputesgeographyland-use planningtourism development

Migrant Politics in the Urban Global South: The Political Work of Nicaraguan Migrants to Acquire Urban Rights in Costa Rica. Geopolitics (2020)

Nikolai A. Alvarado

citizenship studiespolitical sciencetransnational mobilitymigration policyspanishnicaraguan migrantshuman migrationcitizenshiplatin american politicsmigrant politicsmigration studiescosta rica

Tourism Along Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast: Context and Dilemmas. SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies (2020)

G. Thomas LaVanchyMatthew J. TaylorNikolai A. AlvaradoAnna G. SveinsdóttirMariel Aguilar-Støen

tourismdestination marketingtourism researchspanishtourism managementpacific coasttourism geographycultural tourisminternational tourism advertising

Tourism as Tragedy? Common Pool Problems With Groundwater. SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies (2020)

G. Thomas LaVanchyMatthew J. TaylorNikolai A. AlvaradoAnna G. SveinsdóttirMariel Aguilar-Støen

groundwater overexploitationtourismsustainable groundwater managementgroundwatercommon pool problemshydrogeologyenvironmental sciencegroundwater managementenvironmental planning

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