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Social cohesion is considered an essential component for the creation of integration networks, which facilitate local development. This research intended to define and implement an index for social cohesion within a rural and indigenous context, to evaluate its scale, and relationship with poverty and inequality. The research was carried out by applying a mixed methodology, where 92 women were interviewed, in order to estimate the horizontal index of social cohesion (HISC), using the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) technique. Using the EFA, a general index was designed consisting of three aspects: support networks for care, community support networks and economic support networks. Through the HISC, important networks for care support were identified, however only low levels in the case of economic and community support networks. No statistically significant correlation was found between income and social cohesion, although the population living in conditions of extreme poverty did present lower levels of social cohesion, a factor that aggravates their vulnerability. Important and statistically significant associations between social cohesion and educational levels in rural-indigenous contexts were identified, derived from the process of building socialization links that result from the transfer of knowledge, values, attitudes and development of capacities that particularly enable expanding the aspect of economic support networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Alternative tourism, specifically cultural tourism, has gained worldwide importance. This is reflected in the growing number of people preferring this type of leisure activity. However, and even though archaeological and religious contexts represent hubs of attraction for pilgrims and tourists, their development seems to generate social issues. The objective of this research is to analyse the social impact of cultural tourism, from the perspective of tradesmen living in the rural municipality of Tlaxcala, Mexico. Information was collected by surveys. Sample size was calculated using the non-probabilistic method (snowball), and 54 tradesmen owning establishments near tourist attractions, were interviewed. Results evidenced that tradesmen do perceive social problems including traffic congestion, increasing living costs, pollution, street vendors, and augmented competition between businesses. However, they appreciate the benefits of providing tourists with low-cost catering services, considering tourism to be positive or very positive. The conclusion is that economic benefits outweigh the social impacts generated by tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this research is to analyze agricultural production in the community of San Mateo Ayecac, Tepetitla in the state of Tlaxcala. Agricultural production is characterized by changes in the labor force and has consequences in the economic structure of the community. Exploratory observation was made in 2008, as well as interviews with key informants and a statistical sample of producers. The results show changes in maize-producing families which result in diminishing work burden, and decreased fertilization and output. However, farming has not been put aside and it remains the basis of family diet and an important food supplier for local markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The search for an answer to the contemporary civilizational crisis, makes it necessary to examine recent proposals originated in Native American ideas about Good Living and forms of social responsibility based on an adequate relationship between human societies and nature. This document describes part of the traditional practices of the Mexican indigenous Totonac group in the municipality of Huehuetla, Puebla. Their holistic scientific approach to food production is highlighted, together with established complementarity relations between families and reciprocity towards spiritual entities. These are seen as crucial in maintaining harmony between a productive habitat and communal existence. Participant observation, systematical interviews and surveys were employed as the main methods which allowed the recognition of the sociocultural symbolisms with which the people of Huehuetla interpret their known world. Thus, Tapaxuwan Latamat (Life in Happiness), -the central notion of the Totonac life-, is described and is shown to be buttressed by the experience of coexisting, working, and celebrating the rituality inherent in Nature. This allows them to remain aware of the existence of a living and sacred territory, where even agricultural and livestock practices are exercised as relationships of coexistence and respect of humans with the entities that inhabit and care for the environment and safeguard their sustenance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increase of CO2 in the atmosphere can be reduced by capturing them through the photosynthetic process, with special emphasis on fast growing perennial species such as bamboo. The objective of the present study was to quantitatively evaluate the aerial biomass and estimate the carbon content for the species Guadua angustifolia Kunth and Bambusa oldhamii Munro, in commercial plantations established in communities of the Northeast Sierra of Puebla, Mexico. The estimation of population and aerial biomass for both species is tended by a selection of 10 % of plants in one hectare. The samplings were carried out from June 2016 to September 2017. For the plantation of B. Oldhamii Munro, the number of culms per plant gradually increased towards the most recent generations, from 3.6 stems in the most adult cohort to 4.5 in the youngest. The diameter of the stems and their average height show a gradual increase from the older cohorts to the recent cohorts. The total aerial biomass estimated in the plantation of B. oldhamii Munro was 103 403 48 Mgha-1 distributed in the asses of the four years. The total aerial biomass estimated in the plantation of G. angustifolia Kunth is 47 665 11 Mgha-1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]