Sustainable Development Research and Practice in Mexico and Selected Latin American Countries

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
 A Strategic Differentiation Proposal for a Cruise Tourism Offer, Built on the Cultural Identity of the Host Community of Puerto Progreso, Yucatan  (Argelia Salazar Estrada)....Pages 1-18
 UrBis: A Mobile Crowdsourcing Platform for Sustainable Social and Urban Research in México  (S. Ruiz-Correa, E. E. Hernandez-Huerfano, L. Alvarez-Rivera, V. E. Islas-López, V. A. Ramirez-Sanchez, M. González-Abundes et al.)....Pages 19-37
 The Living Interculturality of Chiapas to Recreate the Modern University Towards Sustainability Horizons  (Felipe Reyes-Escutia)....Pages 39-51
 Sustainable Development for Farmers Transforming Agroindustrial Wastes into Profitable Green Products  (Noé Aguilar-Rivera, Teresita de Jesús Debernardi-Vázquez)....Pages 53-75
 Strategies for Guiding Community Organizations in Sustainable Development: The Case of Monteria’s Urban Areas  (Jorge Rafael Villadiego Lorduy, Dennis Paul Huffman Schwocho, Yhonattan Mendez Nobles, Stalyn Yasid Guerrero Gómez)....Pages 77-91
 Pedagogic Proposal Focused on Sustainable Development: Fracking, a Matter of Active Debate at Present in the Argentine Patagonia  (Alida M. Abad, Cecilia E. S. Alvaro, Norma Sbarbati Nudelman)....Pages 93-102
 A Low-Cost and Low-Tech Modular Solar Still as a Reliable and Sustainable Water Source  (Gregor Zieke)....Pages 103-119
 Vulnerability and Coping Capacity of the Population of Low Balsas to Extreme Environmental Hazards to a Sustainable Development: A Case Study of the Population of Cuitaz, Zirandaro, Guerrero  (Liliana Aguilar-Armendáriz, Angel García-Pineda, Saray Bucio-Mendoza)....Pages 121-137
 Transference of Ecotechnology in Disadvantaged Regions of Mexico, Towards Sustainable Development  (Lorena del Carmen Alvarez-Castañon, Daniel Tagle-Zamora, Maricruz Romero-Ugalde)....Pages 139-152
 A Decalogue for Education for Sustainability Across Environmental Generic Competencies  (Rosalba Thomas Muñoz)....Pages 153-166
 Oil Exploitation in Yasuni Biosphere Reserve. Impact on Ecuador’s Commitment with Sustainability  (Alicia Anahí Cisneros Vidales, Víctor Mauricio Barriga Albuja)....Pages 167-183
 Individual Resilience and the Environmental Education for Sustainability as a Base of Community Resilience. A Case Study with High School Teachers  (Erick Cajigal, Ana Lucía Maldonado, Edgar González-Gaudiano)....Pages 185-198
 Assessment of Competencies for Sustainability in Secondary Education in Mexico  (Jorge Gustavo Rodríguez-Aboytes, Luz María Nieto-Caraveo)....Pages 199-216
 Methodological Proposal to Evaluate Touristic Activity with Local Sustainability Criteria in the Hydrographic Sub-Basins of the Huasteca Potosina, Mexico  (Salvador Luna Vargas, María de la Luz Valderrábano Almegua, Irma Suárez Rodríguez, Larisa Alcérreca Molina)....Pages 217-240
 Mercury Concentration in Hair Due to Environment on Two Populations in Mexico  (Isela Martínez Fuentes, Rocío García Martínez)....Pages 241-255
 Organization and Community Management of Water for Domestic Use in a Rural Community in Nicaragua  (Juana María Zavala-Figueroa, Juan Alberto Velázquez-Zapata)....Pages 257-266
 Towards a Participative Environmental Management Education Model Using Information and Communication Technologies  (Gloria Peza-Hernández, Ana Laura Barrera-González, Ana Ilse Benavides-Lahnstein)....Pages 267-281
 Green Areas and Environmental Justice: Toward the Urban Sustainability of León, Guanajuato  (Jairo Agustín Reyes Plata, María del Carmen Villanueva Vilchis, Arlene Iskra García Vázquez)....Pages 283-296
 The Need for an Integrated Landscape Management Approach Illustrated by the Analysis of the Participation in the Ecologic Spatial Planning of Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo, Mexico  (Anna Lena Di Carlo, Miguel Aguilar Robledo, Carlos Alfonso Muñoz Robles, Pedro Medellín-Milán)....Pages 297-314
 Mediating Traditional Ecological Knowledge Through Participatory Documentary: Emerging Educational Strategies for Sustainability in Southern Mexico  (Juan Carlos A. Sandoval Rivera, Guadalupe Mendoza Zuany, Rob O’Donoghue)....Pages 315-326
 Evaluation of Climate Change Impact as a Tool for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of a Mexican Basin  (Rodrigo Dávila-Ortiz, Juan Alberto Velázquez-Zapata)....Pages 327-337
 From Asset to Liability: The Sustainability of Waterscape Transformations in the Santiago River  (Lourdes Marcela López Mares, Filiberto Adrián Moreno Mata, Benjamín Fidel Alva Fuentes, Joel Hernández Martínez)....Pages 339-355
 Children’s Perception to Environmental Risks to Health, Key Element in the Design of Environmental Health Intervention Programs  (Ana Cristina Cubillas-Tejeda, Alejandra León-Gómez, Juan Carlos Torrico-Albino, Luz María Nieto-Caraveo)....Pages 357-375
 Risk Communication as an Alternative Intervention to Improve the Environmental Health in Children in an Area with Various Environmental Problems  (Claudia Davinia Monsiváis-Nava, Ismael García-Cedillo, Leonardo Ernesto Márquez-Mireles, Rogelio Flores-Ramírez, Ana Cristina Cubillas-Tejeda)....Pages 377-393
 Integrative Project of Converging Knowledge of Sustainability, with Focus on Migratory Processes, Pest Management and Practices of Traditional Medicine in an Educational Model of Interculturality  (Edilma De Jesus Desidério, Marja Liza Fajardo Franco, Laurentino Lucas Campo)....Pages 395-410
 Water-Worlds: How to Research Under the Umbrella of Sustainable Development Being Aware of Its Multiple Ambiguities?  (Javier Taks)....Pages 411-421
 Public Policy to Promote Sustainable Tourism in the State of Veracruz, Mexico  (Ingrid Patricia López-Delfín, María Ángeles Piñar-Álvarez, Jorge Alejandro Negrete-Ramírez, Astrid Wojtarowski-Leal, El Colegio de Veracruz)....Pages 423-438
 Development of Sustainable Agriculture Through Protocols of Organic Fertilization and Its Comparison with Traditional Method Applied to the Cultivation of Radish (Raphanus sativus)  (Baltazar Vera Juan Carlos, Méndez Valencia Dellanira, Ramos García Alondra, Martínez Rodríguez Olga Karina, Morales López Gladys, Salas Galván Ma Eugenia et al.)....Pages 439-454
 The Communal Assets of Santo Domingo Huehuetlán as an Example of Sustainable Community Development  (María Concepción López-Téllez, Antonio Fernández-Crispín, Hugo Rodolfo Molina-Arroyo, Gonzalo Yanes-Gómez, Valeria García-Loza, Valentina Campos-Cabral)....Pages 455-470
 Communal Tourism Proposal in a Common Assets Wildlife Use and Management Unit of the Mixteca Poblana as a Sustainable Development Strategy  (María Concepción López-Téllez, Valentina Campos-Cabral, Gonzalo Yanes-Gómez, Antonio Fernández-Crispín, Hugo Rodolfo Molina-Arroyo, Berenice Ramírez-Vera)....Pages 471-483
 Transhumance: Sustainable Strategy for Human and Ecological Conservation  (María Isabel Mora Ledesma)....Pages 485-498
 Urban Sprawl, Environmental Justice and Equity in the Access to Green Spaces in the Metropolitan Area of San Luis Potosí, Mexico  (Adrián Moreno-Mata)....Pages 499-516
 Sustainability Skills for High School Graduates; Case Study in the University of Guadalajara  (Ruth Padilla Muñoz, Teresita Serna Enciso)....Pages 517-530
 The Perception of Urban Insecurity and Its Implications for Sustainable Development  (R. Villasis Keever, L. Arista Castillo)....Pages 531-544