Globalization and population drivers of rural-urban land-use change in Chihuahua, Mexico

Currit, Nate; Easterling, William E.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.08.001

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“…LUCC processes differ across Mexico. For example, the reduction in deforestation in northern areas (Chihuahua and Coahuila) noted here and by Bonilla-Moheno et al (2012) may be because the North American Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, the USA and Canada has encouraged the inhabitants to engage in the textile industry rather than in agriculture (Currit and Easterling 2009 in municipalities with higher levels of GDP a reduction in agricultural expansion was accompanied by expansion of human settlements and urban areas. Poorer states such as Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas are expected to increase their population, but without any associated economic growth.…”

Section: Lucc Driversmentioning

confidence: 74%

Identifying hotspots of land use cover change under socioeconomic and climate change scenarios in Mexico

Mendoza‐Ponce

Corona-Núñez²,

Galicia

et al. 2018

Ambio

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This study identifies the hotspots of land use cover change (LUCC) under two socioeconomic and climate change scenarios [business as usual (BAU) and a pessimistic scenario] at the national level for Mexico for three-time periods. Modelling suggests that by 2050 grassland and tropical evergreen forest will be the most endangered ecosystems, having lost 20-33% (BAU) or 43-46% (pessimistic scenario) of their extent in comparison to 1993. Agricultural expansion would be the major driver of LUCC, increasing from 24.4% of the country in 1993 to 30% (BAU) or 34% (pessimistic) in 2050. The most influential variables were distance from roads and human settlements, slope, aridity, and evapotranspiration. The hotspots of LUCC were influenced by environmental constraints and socioeconomic activities more than by climate change. These findings could be used to build proposals to reduce deforestation, including multiple feedbacks among urbanization, industrialization and food consumption.

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Section: Lucc Driversmentioning

confidence: 74%

Identifying hotspots of land use cover change under socioeconomic and climate change scenarios in Mexico

Mendoza‐Ponce

Corona-Núñez²,

Galicia

et al. 2018

Ambio

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“…Additionally, in the case of Quintana Roo, 14 According to Currit & Easterling (2009), the adoption of the maquiladora model in Mexico, after the dismantling of the import-substitution development strategy in the 1980's, caused a change in population patterns across the country, which led to industrial and population deconcentration trends away from Mexico City and towards the least urbanized areas in its sharp population increase must be attributed to its growing tourism industry, which grew to be the largest source of income and economic growth in the region, comprising nearly 80% of the state's GDP in 2008 (Carte et al, 2010). …”

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“…Therefore, it is possible to verify that, while Mexico's overall population has been rising, the rural population is on the fall (see Table 1), which is related in great part to the economic stagnation of the rural sector since the 1980s, forcing people to move out from the countryside to the cities or abroad. According to the literature (Carte et al (2010), Currit and Easterling (2009) (Esparza et al, 2001), driven by growth in the maquiladora industry (Currit & Easterling, 2009). 15 Visceral manifestations of economic status, improved welfare and material gains achieved through migration and remittances, stand out in the otherwise impoverished rural landscapes, serving as powerful signifiers of the asymmetrical opportunity structures afforded by migration as opposed to agricultural livelihoods in Mexico (Carte et al, 2010).…”

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“…15 Visceral manifestations of economic status, improved welfare and material gains achieved through migration and remittances, stand out in the otherwise impoverished rural landscapes, serving as powerful signifiers of the asymmetrical opportunity structures afforded by migration as opposed to agricultural livelihoods in Mexico (Carte et al, 2010). Moreover, according to Currit & Easterling (2009), as the population decline of the rural sector is followed by decreases in total available income, limiting economic opportunities and fostering declines in rural infrastructure, livelihoods and wellbeing, this results in additional pressure to migrate to places where job availability is perceived to be greater, as is the case of the Mexico's-northern-border industrialized cities (Currit & Easterling, 2009) or the urban tourist poles of the Yucatan Peninsula (Carte et al, 2010). 16 The percentage contribution to poverty is obtained by multiplying the headcount ratio for each category by its population weight -the percentage of the total population found in each category -and then dividing this by the overall headcount ratio (McKinley & Alarcon, 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Growth with Equity for the Development of Mexico: Poverty, Inequality, and Economic Growth (1992–2008)

Iniguez-Montiel

2014

World Development

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How to decrease poverty has been extensively analyzed in the last two decades but, especially so, after the adoption of the millennium declaration (United Nations, 2000), which recognizes the elimination of poverty as one of the most important development It follows that, for Mexico, a middle-income country exhibiting quite low growth rates and high inequality levels, the further improvement in its distribution of income is essential if Mexico's 57% of the population (61 million people in 2008) is ever to be raised out of poverty. Consequently, the implementation of an active pro-poor growth policy should be strongly encouraged.

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“…Patterns and processes of globalization and consequent urbanization are the factors influencing contemporary land use trends and also posing challenges for sustainable land uses [9]. Analysis of landscape patterns and dynamics has become the primary objectives of landscape, geographical and ecological studies in recent times.…”

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confidence: 99%

Spatial Metrics based Landscape Structure and Dynamics Assessment for an emerging Indian Megalopolis

Ramachandra¹,

Aithal²,

Sreekantha³

2012

IJARAI

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Abstract-Human-induced land use changes are considered the prime agents of the global environmental changes. Urbanisation and associated growth patterns (urban sprawl) are characteristic of spatial temporal changes that take place at regional levels. Unplanned urbanization and consequent impacts on natural resources including basic amenities has necessitated the investigations of spatial patterns of urbanization. A comprehensive assessment using quantitative methods and methodological understanding using rigorous methods is required to understand the patterns of change that occur as human processes transform the landscapes to help regional land use planners to easily identify, understand the necessary requirement. Tier II cities in India are undergoing rapid changes in recent times and need to be planned to minimize the impacts of unplanned urbanisation. Mysore is one of the rapidly urbanizing traditional regions of Karnataka, India. In this study, an integrated approach of remote sensing and spatial metrics with gradient analysis was used to identify the trends of urban land changes. The spatial and temporal dynamic pattern of the urbanization process of the megalopolis region considering the spatial data for the five decades with 3 km buffer from the city boundary has been studied, which help in the implementation of location specific mitigation measures. The time series of gradient analysis through landscape metrics helped in describing, quantifying and monitoring the spatial configuration of urbanization at landscape levels. Results indicated a significant increase of urban built-up area during the last four decades. Landscape metrics indicates the coalescence of urban areas occurred during the rapid urban growth from 2000 to 2009 indicating the clumped growth at the center with simple shapes and dispersed growth in the boundary region with convoluted shapes.

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Globalization and population drivers of rural-urban land-use change in Chihuahua, Mexico

Cited by 34 publications

References 38 publications

Identifying hotspots of land use cover change under socioeconomic and climate change scenarios in Mexico

Identifying hotspots of land use cover change under socioeconomic and climate change scenarios in Mexico

Growth with Equity for the Development of Mexico: Poverty, Inequality, and Economic Growth (1992–2008)

Spatial Metrics based Landscape Structure and Dynamics Assessment for an emerging Indian Megalopolis

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