Género, leña y sostenibilidad: el caso de una comunidad de los Altos de Chiapas

In this paper we analyse the strategies of use and management of firewood by the families in Pozuelos, a community of the municipality of Chamula, located in the Altos de Chiapas. We also explain the factors that promote or hinder the acceptance of alternative technologies that aim to reduce the...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4c60db455ffe4b30ba29d6a8798daf3a2021-11-11T14:47:33ZGénero, leña y sostenibilidad: el caso de una comunidad de los Altos de Chiapas1405-84212448-6183https://doaj.org/article/4c60db455ffe4b30ba29d6a8798daf3a2006-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=11162107https://doaj.org/toc/1405-8421https://doaj.org/toc/2448-6183In this paper we analyse the strategies of use and management of firewood by the families in Pozuelos, a community of the municipality of Chamula, located in the Altos de Chiapas. We also explain the factors that promote or hinder the acceptance of alternative technologies that aim to reduce the consumption of firewood among rural families and thus decrease the female workload and increase the conservation of the woods. The analysis is focussed on the times and workloads of bio-fuel supply as well as on the complementarity of functions in the domestic nucleus for the collection of the resource and on the factors that interfere with technology appropriation, in this case wood-saving stoves. This work identifies the role of the women as administrators of the forestal resources for energy purposes and points out the factors that restrict the acceptance of technological changes as sociocultural, economical, climatic and technical.Denise SoaresEl Colegio Mexiquense, A.C.articlegendersustainabilityfirewoodtechnological transferCities. Urban geographyGF125Urban groups. The city. Urban sociologyHT101-395ENESPTEconomía, Sociedad y Territorio, Vol 6, Iss 21, Pp 151-175 (2006)
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language EN
ES
PT
topic gender
sustainability
firewood
technological transfer
Cities. Urban geography
GF125
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT101-395
spellingShingle gender
sustainability
firewood
technological transfer
Cities. Urban geography
GF125
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT101-395
Denise Soares
Género, leña y sostenibilidad: el caso de una comunidad de los Altos de Chiapas
description In this paper we analyse the strategies of use and management of firewood by the families in Pozuelos, a community of the municipality of Chamula, located in the Altos de Chiapas. We also explain the factors that promote or hinder the acceptance of alternative technologies that aim to reduce the consumption of firewood among rural families and thus decrease the female workload and increase the conservation of the woods. The analysis is focussed on the times and workloads of bio-fuel supply as well as on the complementarity of functions in the domestic nucleus for the collection of the resource and on the factors that interfere with technology appropriation, in this case wood-saving stoves. This work identifies the role of the women as administrators of the forestal resources for energy purposes and points out the factors that restrict the acceptance of technological changes as sociocultural, economical, climatic and technical.
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title Género, leña y sostenibilidad: el caso de una comunidad de los Altos de Chiapas
title_short Género, leña y sostenibilidad: el caso de una comunidad de los Altos de Chiapas
title_full Género, leña y sostenibilidad: el caso de una comunidad de los Altos de Chiapas
title_fullStr Género, leña y sostenibilidad: el caso de una comunidad de los Altos de Chiapas
title_full_unstemmed Género, leña y sostenibilidad: el caso de una comunidad de los Altos de Chiapas
title_sort género, leña y sostenibilidad: el caso de una comunidad de los altos de chiapas
publisher El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C.
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