Local Perceptions of Hydrocarbon Exploitation Operations in the Northeastern Region of Mexico

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Published: Aug 9, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v30i60.1139
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hydrocarbons public perceptions information Mexico Burgos Basin

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Dionicio MORALES RAMÍREZ
Facultad de Ingeniería "Arturo Narro Siller" de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
Elias ALVARADO LAGUNAS
Profesor e investigador de la Facultad de Contaduría Pública y Administración, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
Esteban PICAZZO PALENCIA
Profesor e investigador del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Ricardo TOBÍAS JARAMILLO
Profesor e investigador, Facultad de Ingeniería en la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

Abstract

This work studies the perceptions of the inhabitants of the Burgos Basin about the exploitation of hydrocarbons in that region in Mexico’s northeast. It uses a sample of 1 549 people and a logistic regression model for the analysis. The results show that 90.7 percent of the people who perceive an effect associate it with something negative. The findings also show that access to means of communication, and information about the issue, have an effect on the formation of perceptions. Because of insecurity in the localities, the survey was not carried out in a random and systematic way. Still, this study, utilizing a little-used approach in Mexico, shows the perceptions, and the driving factors behind them, that inhabitants have about the extractive operations that take place in the region.

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MORALES RAMÍREZ, D., ALVARADO LAGUNAS, E., PICAZZO PALENCIA, E., & TOBÍAS JARAMILLO, R. (2018). <strong>Local Perceptions of Hydrocarbon Exploitation Operations in the Northeastern Region of Mexico</strong>. Frontera Norte, 30(60), 111–130. https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v30i60.1139
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Vol. 30 No. 60 (2018): julio-diciembre, 2018
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Dionicio MORALES RAMÍREZ, Facultad de Ingeniería "Arturo Narro Siller" de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

Doctor en Ciencias Sociales con orientación en desarrollo sustentable. Actualmente es profesor e investigador en la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas y es Candidato al Sistema Nacional de Investigadores.

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