Abstract

CASTANEDA OLVERA, José Domingo Rafael; JIMENEZ VELAZQUEZ, Tamar Zehla  and  RAMIREZ RAMIREZ, Raúl. Local perception index of improvement in the struggle against social backwardness: analysis of wind farms in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. LiminaR [online]. 2022, vol.20, n.1, e891.  Epub Sep 12, 2022. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v20i1.891.

The aim of this study is to analyze how people struggle against social backwardness in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, in response to the installation of wind farms in the region. We rely on the holistic analytical dimensions proposed by Social Metabolism to quantify biophysical interactions between society and environmental, while making use of Geospatial Information Systems and data produced by Coneval and INEGI regarding social backwardness. We conclude that, in the region, the perception of improvement in the social backwardness index has not increased with the presence of these megaprojects, given that they do not mitigate ecosystem impacts or social backwardness.

Keywords : socio-backwardness; social metabolism; wind farms; indigenous people; geospatial information systems.

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