Changing mountain farmscapes: vulnerability and migration drivers in the Paute River watershed,Southern Ecuador

作     者：Mario E.DONOSO Fausto O.SARMIENTO Mario E.DONOSO;Fausto O.SARMIENTO

作者机构：Unit of EngineeringIndustry and ConstructionCatholic University of CuencaCuenca 010150Ecuador VLIR-IUC Program in Migration and Local DevelopmentUniversity of Cuenca-Flemish UniversitiesCuenca 010150Ecuador Neotropical Montology CollaboratorDepartment of GeographyUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGa.30602USA 

出 版 物：《Journal of Mountain Science》 (山地科学学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第18卷第7期

页      面：1902-1919页

核心收录：

学科分类：0709[理学-地质学] 0819[工学-矿业工程] 07[理学] 09[农学] 0303[法学-社会学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0705[理学-地理学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 0816[工学-测绘科学与技术] 0706[理学-大气科学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0704[理学-天文学] 0833[工学-城乡规划学] 0713[理学-生态学] 0834[工学-风景园林学（可授工学、农学学位）] 

基　　金：funds from the VULPES project (NSF-1624207) 

主　　题：Farmscapes Erodibility Migration Rurality Paute-Ecuador 

摘      要：Abrupt changes in land use/land cover have often characterized Andean rural *** is particularly notorious in the Paute River watershed in southern *** seek to show how,under tenets of the global economy,rural mountain landscapes suffer constant modifications due to the agricultural practices of dwellers and *** of arable slopes takes center stage in analyzing vulnerability due to the high erodibility factor found in this *** using remote sensing and GIS applications,we analyzed the potential erodibility with intersections of rural development constraining of ecosystem services,including the production of water,food,and cultural values in the Paute River *** found six sources of migratory flows and analyzed topographic and elevation effects in potential erodibility indexes of agroecological options to ameliorate the environmental *** identified factors associated with migration trends observed in the area and assessed vulnerability issues of resource management that could prevent deforestation,soil erosion,and acculturation amidst the pressures of development in the *** conclude that sustainable development options can be implemented with a watershed management approach oriented to diminish *** approach shall be integrative,inclusive,and respectful of the rich biocultural diversity heritage conservation of southern Ecuador.