Changes in mexico’s rivers and basins during the 20th century: the sabinos-zula basin in Jalisco
Abstract
Water abundance in the Zula river basin was an important
reference for the establishment and growth of populations
in the towns of Arandas, Atotonilco el Alto, Tototlán and
Ocotlán. However, integration of municipalities into economic
development during the second half of the 20th Century
transformed the quality of the river watercourse. In the last
decades, two of the principal changes that affect the Zula
river are: urban growth and the tequila industry boom. The
increase in tequila’s popularity during the 1970s has made it a
drink of global consumption, a process that was consolidated
with the tequila designation of origin (TDO), and the creation
of regulating organizations which allowed the vigilance and
productive protection of Agave tequilana Weber. Three
decades after the peak in national and international markets,
the growing production of agave-tequila has transformed the
environment of the Zula river basin. This document refers to
Río Zula3, in Jalisco, México, to the changes that have occurred
in the municipalities that make up the watercourse, and to the
environmental factors that have impacted its basin during the
20th Century.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish in this journal accept the following conditions:
- The authors retain the copyright and transfer to the magazine the right of the first publication, with the work registered with the Creative Commons attribution license, which allows third parties to use what is published as long as they mention the authorship of the work and the first publication in this magazine.
- Authors may make other independent and additional contractual arrangements for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the article published in this journal (e.g., including it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book) as long as they clearly indicate that the work It was first published in this magazine.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to publish their work on the Internet (for example on institutional or personal pages) before and during the review and publication process, as it can lead to productive exchanges and greater and faster dissemination of the work. published (see The Effect of Open Access).
