Cambios de usos de suelo y cubiertas en Santa María Huatulco, Oaxaca, México. : Un estudio histórico de 1960 a 2020.

María Fernanda Onofre Villalva; Pedro Sergio  Urquijo Torres

Authors

Fernanda Onofre Environmental Geography Research Center (UNAM)
Pedro Urquijo Environmental Geography Research Center (UNAM)

Keywords:

Geographical change, Land ternure, Historical geography

Abstract

The municipality of Santa María Huatulco, in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, has been the scene of different historical-territorial processes, capable of being analyzed by changes in land use and land covers. Contextually, we establish four periods in which we recognize significant transformations in the organization of the territory: a) 1960-1969, land tenure conflicts; (b) 1970-1979, insertion into the national economic model; c) 1980-1995, changes oriented towards tourist activity; and d) 1995-2020, conservation tourism and sustainable development. To visualize the changes spatially, we elaborate time-specific mapping. Methodologically, we conducted file research in the Registro Agrario Nacional and in the Diario Oficial de la Federación. Historical statistical data on population and economic activities were processed. For mapping, maps were developed using the hybrid method, which combines satellite images and photographs areas. The data was verified using fieldwork. The research allowed to identify geographical changes in Huatulco in close relation to territorial policies and the ways in which, locally, the are reacted to and according to their different historical moments.

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Author Biographies

Fernanda Onofre, Environmental Geography Research Center (UNAM)

Degree in Environmental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Mexico. Currently a graduate student in Geography at the Environmental Geography Research Center (UNAM).

Pedro Urquijo, Environmental Geography Research Center (UNAM)

Doctor in Geography (UNAM), Master in History (Institute of Historical Research, Michoacana University) and Bachelor of History (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters UNAM). He also completed a Master's in Mesoamerican Studies (UNAM). Since 2004, attached to the Environmental Geography Research Center of the UNAM Campus Morelia, in the Research Area of Environmental History, Power and Territory. Professor of the Postgraduate Degree in Geography, where he teaches the subjects of Introduction to Environmental Geography and Environmental History. In the National School of Higher Studies Morelia Unit UNAM teaches the subjects of: Introduction to Geographical Thought, Environmental History and Historiography, and Pre-Hispanic and Novohispanic History (Bachelor's degrees in Geohistory, Environmental Sciences and Social Studies). He has been visiting professor at the International Institute for Geospatial Observation and Earth Sciences (ITC) in the Netherlands and at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His main lines of research are: historiography of the landscape and historical geography of Latin America and the cultural geography of the landscapes of New Spain. He has more than 90 publications including scientific articles, books, book chapters and critical reviews. In 2009 he won the Marcos and Celia Maus Foundation Prize in Historical Research and was distinguished with the Declaration of Municipal Interest, from the 9 de Julio City Council, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He currently holds the “D” level of the PRIDE-UNAM program, the highest level of distinction for academic performance, and is a member of the National System of Researchers (CONACYT).