Abstract

BERAUD-MACIAS, Vianney; SOSA-RAMIREZ, Joaquín; MAYA-DELGADO, Yolanda  and  ORTEGA-RUBIO, Alfredo. The Agrarian Reform and Changes in Ejido Land use in Aguascalientes, 1983-2013. agric. soc. desarro [online]. 2018, vol.15, n.3, pp.443-463. ISSN 1870-5472.

In 1992 the Agrarian Reform established measures to regulate the land market in agrarian nuclei, giving certainty to land tenure. Presumably, these measures changed the livelihoods of the population and the territorial structure. The objective of this study was to assess the possible effects of privatization of ejidos on the changes in land use in the state of Aguascalientes. The state represents a classical model of agrarian-urban-industrial transition. Land use maps were elaborated for the period of 1983 to 2013. The exchange rates in land use were calculated and compared between decades and in function of their degree of privatization. It was found that the process of certification and acquisition of full dominion of the lands took place in an accelerated manner during the first years of the reform’s implementation. The dynamic of land use change increased in the first years of certification; these changes are independent of the degree of privatization. The factors associated to these processes were discussed in function of the regional context and urban planning. Emphasis is made on the importance of elaborating policies with an integral approach that allows a balanced territorial development.

Keywords : rural development; territorial planning; PROCEDE; land tenure; urbanization.