The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru
Ecological and Economic Zoning (EEZ) is a Land Use Planning (LUP) methodology that aims at defining separate areas for productive uses and conservation. EEZ is designed as a method that balances different interests and it devises land use policy through stakeholder participation, technical expertise...
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| author | Jeronimo, R.P. Rap, Edwin Vos, J. |
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| description | Ecological and Economic Zoning (EEZ) is a Land Use Planning (LUP) methodology that aims at defining separate areas for productive uses and conservation. EEZ is designed as a method that balances different interests and it devises land use policy through stakeholder participation, technical expertise and GIS modelling. The article presents the case study of EEZ in Cajamarca, Peru to analyse the LUP process in a situation of conflicting interests over future land and water use. Cajamarca is a department with rich gold deposits in the headwater catchment area upstream of the city of Cajamarca. During the last decade, rural communities and urban populations have continuously protested against the opening of new open pit mines, as they fear this will affect their water supply. Therefore, the EEZ process became part of a controversy between a powerful pro-mining coalition lead by the central government and a conservation coalition lead by the regional government. We conclude that in these circumstances, LUP cannot, technically or politically, accommodate the different values attributed to the headwater catchment. |
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| spelling | CGSpace775532025-06-17T08:23:29Z The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru Jeronimo, R.P. Rap, Edwin Vos, J. land use planning gold mining political aspects ecology economic aspects environmental effects farming systems geographical information systems stakeholders water use catchment areas rural communities urban population central government regional government case studies forestry Ecological and Economic Zoning (EEZ) is a Land Use Planning (LUP) methodology that aims at defining separate areas for productive uses and conservation. EEZ is designed as a method that balances different interests and it devises land use policy through stakeholder participation, technical expertise and GIS modelling. The article presents the case study of EEZ in Cajamarca, Peru to analyse the LUP process in a situation of conflicting interests over future land and water use. Cajamarca is a department with rich gold deposits in the headwater catchment area upstream of the city of Cajamarca. During the last decade, rural communities and urban populations have continuously protested against the opening of new open pit mines, as they fear this will affect their water supply. Therefore, the EEZ process became part of a controversy between a powerful pro-mining coalition lead by the central government and a conservation coalition lead by the regional government. We conclude that in these circumstances, LUP cannot, technically or politically, accommodate the different values attributed to the headwater catchment. 2015-12 2016-11-01T13:40:22Z 2016-11-01T13:40:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77553 en Limited Access Elsevier Jeronimo, R. P.; Rap, Edwin; Vos, J. 2015. The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru. Land Use Policy, 49:104-117. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.07.009 |
| spellingShingle | land use planning gold mining political aspects ecology economic aspects environmental effects farming systems geographical information systems stakeholders water use catchment areas rural communities urban population central government regional government case studies forestry Jeronimo, R.P. Rap, Edwin Vos, J. The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru |
| title | The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru |
| title_full | The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru |
| title_fullStr | The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru |
| title_short | The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru |
| title_sort | politics of land use planning gold mining in cajamarca peru |
| topic | land use planning gold mining political aspects ecology economic aspects environmental effects farming systems geographical information systems stakeholders water use catchment areas rural communities urban population central government regional government case studies forestry |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77553 |
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