The authors demonstrate how participatory research mapping (PRM) is being used by indigenous peoples in Mexico to reclaim territories and manage natural resources in their communities with the help of Bowman expedition personnel who translate local knowledge into a standardized format suitable for GIS analysis.

ABSTRACT. Garbage generation and garbage management are two critical human-environmental issues in Mexico and across the globe. Yet, an understanding of garbage as a broader set of human environmental issues beyond generation and management is lacking, amid a significant urban bias on garbage research. Using a modified form of participatory risk mapping, a method that rank-orders risks or issues by incidence and relative importance, this study highlights the diversity and heterogeneity of garbage-related issues as reported by 433 respondents in the rural Mexican municipio of Coxcatl an, Puebla. Results show that burning, dumping, service provision, public cleanliness, and other issues affect rural households. When the data are stratified by place and demographics, and applied to inferential statistics, the results show a more nuanced, more place-contingent picture of garbage-related issues than simply the institutional narratives on generation and composition. garbage, participatory risk mapping, Mexico.

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El manejo de la basura es un asunto humano-ambiental clave en México. Sin embargo, la investigación actual se falta un énfasis en la vivienda como un actor clave y también sesga contextos urbanos sobre los rurales. Éste estudio muestra, utilizando una encuesta de 520 viviendas en el rural Municipio de Coxcatlán, Puebla, una geografía del manejo de basura más compleja, con aceso variable á recolección formal y un enfoque provisional al manejo de basura por las viviendas. Los resultados identifican una trayectoria bifurcada de basura a través del municipio mientras que llamar la atención a sus impactos sociales y ambientales.

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