Abstract:Worldwide concern by international, national and local institutions about environmental degradation, quality of life, and poverty have emerged in recent decades. This focus has been expressed in public policies and interventions aimed at mitigating the precarious living conditions in deteriorated ecosystems, especially in developing countries. Yet the complexity and interdependence among factors related to health, environment, and economics require participatory methodologies to produce comprehensive, integrat… Show more
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