The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countryPeru
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2PE
cg.coverage.regionSouth America
cg.coverage.subregionCajamarca
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.07.009en
cg.identifier.wlethemeLand and Water Productivityen
cg.issn0264-8377en
cg.journalLand Use Policyen
cg.volume49en
dc.contributor.authorJeronimo, R.P.en
dc.contributor.authorRap, Edwinen
dc.contributor.authorVos, J.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-01T13:40:22Zen
dc.date.available2016-11-01T13:40:22Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/77553
dc.titleThe politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peruen
dcterms.abstractEcological 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationJeronimo, 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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.07.009en
dcterms.extentpp. 104-117en
dcterms.issued2015-12en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectland useen
dcterms.subjectplanningen
dcterms.subjectgolden
dcterms.subjectminingen
dcterms.subjectpolitical aspectsen
dcterms.subjectecologyen
dcterms.subjecteconomic aspectsen
dcterms.subjectenvironmental effectsen
dcterms.subjectfarming systemsen
dcterms.subjectgeographical information systemsen
dcterms.subjectstakeholdersen
dcterms.subjectwater useen
dcterms.subjectcatchment areasen
dcterms.subjectrural communitiesen
dcterms.subjecturban populationen
dcterms.subjectcentral governmenten
dcterms.subjectregional governmenten
dcterms.subjectcase studiesen
dcterms.subjectforestryen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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