Gisela Lanzas
Biographic Data
| ID | 116477 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gisela Lanzas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gisela |
| FAMILY NAME | Lanzas |
| SIGNATURE | LANZAS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From water abundance to water scarcity
This article uses original ethnographic data to show how a development program known as Plan Chontalpa failed to extend potable water provision to rural people in Chontalpa, in Tabasco, Mexico. Despite arguably short-term benefits, this large state-led, large-scale hydrodevelopment program created overly large infrastructures and imposed a hierarchical water management regime on previously open-access water resources, negatively impacting the com…
Empowering or impoverishing through credit
This article examines the evolution of the credit market for small-scale sugarcane producers in the Plan Chontalpa development program in Tabasco, Mexico. The plan promoted neoliberal policies that transformed the existing credit market available to small-scale producers. The availability of credit was supposed to lead to increased efficiency. However, making credit available to low-income farmers can result in unintended outcomes. We found that …
Contested Realities
Water development projects to manage the country's water reserves for flood control, agriculture and energy production have always been part of the Mexican federal government's politics. In southeastern Mexico these projects have been proposed to promote ‘modernization’ in a region characterized by a high level of social marginalization. A prime example of these projects is the Plan Chontalpa (referred to from here on as the Plan), a large-scale,…
Empowering or impoverishing through credit
This article examines the evolution of the credit market for small-scale sugarcane producers in the Plan Chontalpa development program in Tabasco, Mexico. The plan promoted neoliberal policies that transformed the existing credit market available to small-scale producers. The availability of credit was supposed to lead to increased efficiency. However, making credit available to low-income farmers can result in unintended outcomes. We found that …
Contested Realities
Water development projects to manage the country's water reserves for flood control, agriculture and energy production have always been part of the Mexican federal government's politics. In southeastern Mexico these projects have been proposed to promote ‘modernization’ in a region characterized by a high level of social marginalization. A prime example of these projects is the Plan Chontalpa (referred to from here on as the Plan), a large-scale,…
Empowering or impoverishing through credit
This article examines the evolution of the credit market for small-scale sugarcane producers in the Plan Chontalpa development program in Tabasco, Mexico. The plan promoted neoliberal policies that transformed the existing credit market available to small-scale producers. The availability of credit was supposed to lead to increased efficiency. However, making credit available to low-income farmers can result in unintended outcomes. We found that …
From water abundance to water scarcity
This article uses original ethnographic data to show how a development program known as Plan Chontalpa failed to extend potable water provision to rural people in Chontalpa, in Tabasco, Mexico. Despite arguably short-term benefits, this large state-led, large-scale hydrodevelopment program created overly large infrastructures and imposed a hierarchical water management regime on previously open-access water resources, negatively impacting the com…
Economics (3 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Water Resource Management and Quality (2 works) · Agriculture (1 work) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Bond market (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Credit enhancement (1 work)