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LiminaR
On-line version ISSN 2007-8900Print version ISSN 1665-8027
Abstract
CAPDEPONT-BALLINA, Jorge Luis and MARIN-OLAN, Pablo. Tabasco's Economy and its Impact over the Urban Sprawl of Villahermosa City (1960-2010). LiminaR [online]. 2014, vol.12, n.1, pp.144-160. ISSN 2007-8900.
This work analyzes the recent economic processes of Tabasco and its impact on urban and demographic growth of the city of Villahermosa. The transformation of Tabasco's economy and its capital following the discovery ofhydrocarbon deposits in the last third of the twentieth century, as a result in recent decades demographic rates increase and expansion of the urban area of the city, which has spread not only to suitable land for the construction of housing but also to buffer areas or flooded lowland, impacting negatively the environment and creating physical vulnerability conditions in the new human settlements.
Keywords : urban growth; economic activities; demography; environmental impact; vulnerability.