Abstract

RAMIREZ GARCIA, Adán Guillermo; CRUZ LEON, Artemio; MORALES CARRILLO, Nicolás  and  MONTERROSO RIVAS, Alejandro Ismael. The territorial ecological zoning environmental policy instrument for local development planning. Estud. soc [online]. 2016, vol.26, n.48, pp.69-99. ISSN 0188-4557.

The aim was to propose a development planning model validated in field conducive to the proper use of natural resources. Related to the methodology, a program of ecological land relying on geographic information systems, participatory workshops, field observations and semi-structured interviews was formulated. We found these results: The local development model proposed part of the foundations of sustainable development, participatory rural appraisal and territorial planning and seeking compatibility between the management of natural resources, productive activities, sociocultural characteristics, technical recommendations and the perceived needs of the population. The main limiting factors in this work are the little time to complete and required to monitor and assess the processes of self-management and the availability of economic resources to finance it. Thus, we can conclude that the contribution of this work, as a tool for planning and local development, seen as pillar for the construction of the proposed participation of stakeholders in the public, private and social sector, so that their visions combine the perspective of sustainable management natural resources in the same effort to decide local affairs.

Keywords : regional development; management; development; participatory; rural; GIS.