Integral diagnosis and conservation strategies for the Otomí Mexica Park of the State of Mexico
Integral diagnosis and conservation strategies for the Otomí Mexica Park of the State of Mexico

A systemic analysis on protected natural areas

Author(s): Jesús Gastón Gutiérrez Cedillo, Luis Miguel Espinosa Rodríguez, Daniel Villegas Martínez
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: conservation strategies; integral diagnosis; Otomí Mexica Park; protected natural areas; systemic analysis
Summary/Abstract: The objective of this study was to carry out a comprehensive diagnosis based on a systemic analysis for the Otomí Mexica Park of the State of Mexico, and on this basis design relevant and feasible conservation strategies for this protected natural area, which due to its location between two large metropolitan areas, that of Mexico City and that of Toluca City, are subject to demographic, economic and social pressures. The methodology applied is based on the integral characterization of the park territory that was carried out under the epistemological considerations of the geographical principles of location, description, comparison, causality, activity and relationship, with a systemic thinking approach, centered on the culture-nature relationship and applying geographic information systems. These foundations allowed to locate, analyze and describe from the systemic approach, the interrelations that exist between the elements that make up the biophysical subsystem and the socio-cultural subsystem of the park and thereby determine its current state. The methodological design applied for the integral diagnosis of the territory is due to a systemic structure, in which an integral analysis was carried out on the components of the environmental, socio-cultural and administrative subsystem that converge and integrate the geographical space of the park and through methodologies such as SWOT Analysis and Analysis under the Logical Framework Approach established and used by different organizations worldwide and national level. And with this support it was feasible to design strategies for the conservation of natural resources in this protected natural area.

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