Inequality, water accessibility, and health impacts in Chiapas, Mexico
Por:
Rodriguez-Izquierdo, Emilio, Alvarado-Velazquez, Jannice, Garcia-Meneses, Paola M., Merino-Perez, Leticia, Mazari-Hiriart, Marisa
Publicada:
1 mar 2023
Categoría:
Global and planetary change
Resumen:
Limited success in implementing the 2030 Agenda underlines the need to
leverage interactions among Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Inequality (SDG 10), water accessibility (SDG 6), health (SDG 3), and
terrestrial ecosystems (SDG 15) interlinkages provide a case for
identifying and understanding the need to integrate different SDGs when
implementing the sustainable development agenda. Lack of access to clean
water and adequate sanitation remains prevalent in many rural areas, and
intensive land-cover change has been the main cause of the deterioration
of water resources worldwide. The purpose of this paper is to open up a
conversation on how the prevalence of inequality in income, wealth, and
access to natural resources affects marginalized people, particularly in
rural areas. Drawing on the case study of three municipalities in the
Rio Grande de Comitan-Lagos de Montebello watershed in Chiapas, Mexico,
we illustrate some of the consequences of the intensification of
agricultural activities, alongside urban expansion, at the expense of
forests and the negative impact on the water quality of surrounding
areas during the last two decades. We discuss how individual and
collective action (SDG 11), economy and finance (SDG 12), and governance
(SDG 16) can act as levers for action to halt environmental degradation
and its associated negative impacts on human health.
Filiaciones:
Rodriguez-Izquierdo, Emilio:
Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Maestro Mario de La Cueva, Ciudad de La Investigación en Humanidades, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, C. P. 04510, Mexico
Ithaca Environmental, Plaza Villa Madrid 1, Oficina J-8, Cuauhtémoc, Col. Roma Norte, Mexico City, CP 06700, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Sociales, Circuito Maestro Mario Cueva, Ciudad Invest Humanidades, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Ithaca Environm, Plaza Villa Madrid 1,Oficina J-8, Mexico City 06700, DF, Mexico
Alvarado-Velazquez, Jannice:
Posgrado en Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ecol, Posgrad Ciencias Sostenibil, Tercer Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Garcia-Meneses, Paola M.:
Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad (LANCIS), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ecol, Lab Nacl Ciencias Sostenibil LANCIS, Tercer Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Merino-Perez, Leticia:
Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Maestro Mario de La Cueva, Ciudad de La Investigación en Humanidades, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, C. P. 04510, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Sociales, Circuito Maestro Mario Cueva, Ciudad Invest Humanidades, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Mazari-Hiriart, Marisa:
Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad (LANCIS), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ecol, Lab Nacl Ciencias Sostenibil LANCIS, Tercer Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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