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Sol Pérez Jiménez

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Mining is increasingly important to analyze both its environmental and social impacts. However, the information on the territorial deployment of this activity is not of public domain. In response to this problem, we present the full Mapping metallic mining in Mexico. By using Geographic Information Systems we elaborated an Atlas, in which is shown the spatial deployment of this activity in all the Country. Mainly we present the list of projects and mining concessions which are inside of important areas for water resources or under some category of environmental protection and indigenous territories.

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Pérez Jiménez, S. (2019). Atlas of metal mining in Mexico. Revista Cartográfica, (92), 191–210. https://doi.org/10.35424/rcarto.i92.444
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