1. VENTAJAS Y DESVENTAJAS DEL DESARROLLO RURAL SOSTENIBLE EN AMBIENTES DE MONTAÑA.
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Aguilar, Hildegardo Córdova
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RURAL geography , *URBAN geography , *SUSTAINABLE agriculture , *MOUNTAINS - Abstract
Rural and urban worlds are the two columns that support a society within a given territory. Often, we dedicate much attention to the urban sector because it contains near 60% of the world population and generates and dynamics the contemporary economies. We talk much of the rural sector but do little to solve its problems, especially to bettering the quality of life of the poorest, which in global terms are living in the mountain areas of the world. In this paper I analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the mountain environments to sustainable human development that allows bettering the quality of life of their populations. I insist on resources quality and control and urban demand. I also point out to the infrastructure difficulties and its effects in the circulation of goods and services. The case study is settled at the Sierra of the Department of Piura, northwest Perú, where there is a rural population mostly dedicated to subsistence activities while in the coastal lowlands dominates commercial agriculture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009