Environmental Perceptions of Surface Water Quality and Management: a tool to strengthen public participation in the search for solutions to the imbalance of water in nature. A study applied in Chiapas's Río Fogótico Microbasin
Abstract
The study of environmental perceptions can expose interstings aspects involved in imbalance of water in nature. The main objective of this study was to assess the perceptions of quality and management of surface water in the Fogótico River microbasin in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, from the perspective of differents social groups. Secondary objectives consisted in analyzing the differences of perception according to social groups and considering the potential contribution of perception studies for watershed management.; t;
- Publication:
-
AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- May 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013AGUSMGC41B..02B
- Keywords:
-
- 1600 GLOBAL CHANGE;
- 1794 HISTORY OF GEOPHYSICS / Instruments and techniques;
- 1804 HYDROLOGY / Catchment;
- 1813 HYDROLOGY / Eco-hydrology