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José Antonio Aldrey Vázquez
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
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Román Rodríguez González
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Biography
Jean Roch Lebeau
Secretaría General de Planificación. Gobierno de Guatemala
No 27 (2015): SIG and historical knowledge, Articles
Submitted: 17-07-2015 Accepted: 10-11-2015 Published: 12-01-2016
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In developing countries there are enormous social, economic and territorial disparities which affect directly to the quality of life of its inhabitants and its development potential. Among these difficulties, a very significant one is the lack of culture planning. Until a few years ago, it lacked any kind of territorial politics; this hindered the implementation of local development processes aimed at achieving an integral improvement of their citizens. The aim of this work is to present a methodology with a strategic vision for a Municipal Planning System, applied to Guatemala, where the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is very important. It should integrate various basic aspects: territorial planning in the municipal area and a set of social and economic proposals designed to promote local development. This methodology is aimed at creating a guide to obtain a future territorial model, which merges integrally the socio-economic planning at a municipal scale and may channel the local authorities’ action.

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