Application of Participatory Methods to Explore Changes in Land Use of a Tropical Dry Forest Basin

Q2 Social Sciences

Economia Agro-Alimentare Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI:10.3280/ecag2023oa14572

Yhonattan Mendez Nobles, Humberto Ávila Rangel, Lina Maria Garcia Corrales

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Abstract

Tropical hydrographic basins have undergone significant land use change processes in recent decades and correspond to areas of high population growth and development of economic activities. This article explores the causes of land use change in a tropical dry forest watershed, taking the Canalete river basin as a case study. For this purpose, stakeholder analysis techniques and participatory methods were applied. The results showed that the main causes of land use change in pastures were associated with biophysical factors, while forestsshrubs and crops were associated with direct and subyacents socioeconomics factors respectively. The participatory mapping allowed obtaining a desired land use scenario for the year 2030, observing a decrease of more than 16.2 ha of pasture, compensated by an increase of almost 2.4 thousand ha of crops and 13.8 thousand ha of forests and shrubs. Similarly, the hydrological impact of changes in land use was observed, especially in terms of flooding.

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参与式方法在热带干旱林流域土地利用变化研究中的应用

近几十年来，热带水文盆地经历了重大的土地利用变化过程，与人口高增长和经济活动发展的地区相对应。本文以卡纳雷特河流域为例，探讨了热带干旱森林流域土地利用变化的原因。为此，应用了利益相关者分析技术和参与式方法。结果表明:草地土地利用变化的主要原因与生物物理因素有关，森林灌木和作物土地利用变化的主要原因分别与直接和间接社会经济因素有关。参与式绘图可以获得2030年的理想土地使用情景，观察到牧场减少了16.2公顷以上，而作物增加了近2400公顷，森林和灌木增加了13.8万公顷。同样，观察到土地利用变化的水文影响，特别是在洪水方面。

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Economia Agro-Alimentare Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

CiteScore

1.40

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0.00%

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审稿时长

30 weeks

期刊介绍： Economia agro-alimentare/Food Economy is a triannual peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Franco Angeli Edizioni on behalf of the Italian Society of Agri-food Economics (SIEA), founded in 1996 by the then President of SIEA Fausto Cantarelli. It offers an international forum for the discussion and analysis of mono and interdisciplinary socio-economic, political, legal and technical issues, related to agricultural and food systems. It welcomes submissions of original papers focusing on agriculture, food, natural resources, safety, nutrition and health, including all processes and infrastructure involved in providing food to populations; as well as the processes, inputs and outputs involved in consumption and disposal of food and food-related items. Analyses also include social, political, economic and environmental contexts and human resource challenges. Submissions should be addressed to an international audience of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, and they may consider local, national, or global scales.