Abstract

JIMENEZ ARENAS, Olga Lidia; TEJEIDA PADILLA, Ricardo; ROJAS RAMIREZ, Jorge Armando  and  CORIA PAEZ, Ana Lilia. A Systemic Approach to Integrated Coastal Management of Mexican Tourist Beaches. Región y sociedad [online]. 2020, vol.32, e1350.  Epub Mar 10, 2021. ISSN 2448-4849.  https://doi.org/10.22198/rys2020/32/1350.

The purpose of this research is to show the way in which the integrated coastal management concept in Mexican coastal policy has had an impact on inter-institutional integration. In addition, the influence of local participation on the formation and activation of clean beaches committees integrated by the government, the private sector, and the society is studied. Due to the need for regional studies to evaluate this policy, it is considered Puerto Escondido as an example of change, based on the modifications made to the Mexican coastal policy. The soft systems methodology was used to integrate the vision of the clean beaches committees in a diagnosis. As a result, it is observed that coastal policy is moving towards the government and society integration. However, there is still a need for mechanisms to increase social participation. This work is limited to interpret the perspective of the involved clean beaches committees.

Keywords : Integrated coastal management; systemic approach; local participation.