Colonization of the Santo Domingo Valley∗
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8376157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elinore M Barrett (University of New Mexico, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-53 |
| Publication date | 1974-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1974.tb00953.x |
| OpenAlex | W2038733271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Heavy exploitation of groundwater resources, with the help of government credit and infrastructural investment, has created the most important agricultural district of Baja California Sur in the Santo Domingo Valley. Colonization of the Valley in the 1950s illustrates the interrelated problems of opening desert land for agriculture. These problems involve adjustment to the natural environment and to the sociopolitical milieu that produced the need for colonization. Attempts to “extend the life'’of the Valley include new water-conserving irrigation techniques and diversification of the economy, but these attempts appear threatened by demands for redistribution of land to the evergrowing number of landless poor. Key Words: Agrarian reformArid landsColonizationIrrigationWater resources. Notes ∗ Fieldwork for this study was carried out during the summers of 1971 and 1972 with financial support from the University of New Mexico. The author wishes to acknowledge help received from various Mexican government agencies, residents of the Santo Domingo Valley, and hydrologists F. D. Trauger and F. C. Koopman, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Archaeology · Business · Diversification (marketing strategy) · Environmental planning · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Threatened species · Ecology · Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
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| Citation span | 1999 - 2010 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |