Abstract

VERGARA-TENORIO, María Del Carmen  and  CERVANTES-VAZQUEZ, Juan Roberto. Risk, environment and perceptions in a Totonacan rural community. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.29, pp.145-163. ISSN 2448-6183.

In this study we analyse the environmental risk and its social perception in a rural community of the Sierra Totonaca in Mexico. This population has suffered a great ecological impact due to the change in land usage and deforestation. The population has developed two strategies to diminish their risk: broaden their livestock and farming productive base and migration to the city. We analyse the consequences of these actions and their relationships in a sociological and ethnographical context.

Keywords : rural environment; Totonacan community; risk perception; environmental risk.