Condiciones y restricciones al desarrollo económicosocial de áreas rurales en proceso de desertificación

Abstract

The phenomenon of the desertification has an important role in spaces and environment of the less favored and economically outlying, dependent countries. The causes of the recent increment of the aridity should be looked for in the over explotation of the ecosystems linked to the inadequate anthropogenic treatments. Through this descriptive study, the characteristics that define and condition the main arid or semi arid areas of the world they are compared in their dynamics. The objective is to understand the bases of the desertification process from the point of view of the political rural economy. The analysis relies mainly on the semi-arid Brazilian ecosystem that is included among the most extensive regions in the globe. In the Brazilian case, the economic anachronic structures of their semi-arid region characterized by the articulation of the latifundio-capital mercantile agriculture-exporter are considered the biggest responsible for the socio-economic setback of the region, since they absorb the capacities of transport, services and credits for the export activities. Those dry areas need with urgency of economic new focuses based in the analysis and micro-economic planning that allow the development of public policies with priority in the regional integration.