Land-use / Land-cover Change in Yucatán State, Mexico: An examination of political, socioeconomic, and biophysical drivers in Peto and Tzucacab | Zendy

Miriam Wyman | Zendy; Z. Villegas | Zendy; I. Miranda Ojeda | Zendy

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Land-use / Land-cover Change in Yucatán State, Mexico: An examination of political, socioeconomic, and biophysical drivers in Peto and Tzucacab

Author(s) -

Miriam Wyman,

Z. Villegas,

I. Miranda Ojeda

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

ethnobotany research and applications

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 25

ISSN - 1547-3465

DOI - 10.17348/era.5.0.59-66

Subject(s) - geography , deforestation (computer science) , land cover , land use , socioeconomic status , government (linguistics) , population , population growth , environmental resource management , environmental protection , ecology , environmental science , demography , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , biology , programming language

This paper presents results from an analysis of contrasting land-cover patterns of deforestation in the neighboring municipalities of Peto and Tzucacab, Yucatan State, Mexico using Landsat satellite imagery and socio-demographic archival information for 1988, 1994, and 2001. The variables that most likely explained land-cover differences between these municipalities were not internal variables as had been initially thought, such as ethnic composition and population growth, but rather, other social and biophysical drivers. Based on these findings and supporting documentation, these drivers include specific government, land-intensification and economic development initiatives and biophysical conditions related to soil fertility.

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