Building Up The Future: Participative Design Of A Rural Development Plan For The Coastal Communities Of The Arid Regions Of Baja California, Mexico
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
68
Pages
13
Published
2004
Size
2,109 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/CENV040231
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
A.L. Quintanilla-Montoya, R.I.R. Caldelas, L.Z. Villarreal, E.A. Corona & S. Larios
Abstract
The difficult conditions in which the rural communities of developing countries live, as is the case of Mexico, are mainly due to social and economical situations of poverty, unemployment, low population, and distance from the urban centres and states administrations. On the other hand, these communities are linked to the deterioration of the environment and pollution due to domestic and productive activities as well as overexploitation of marine and land resources (marine turtles, whales, cactus, etc.). The situation is worse due to the lack of strategies and detailed p
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