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The relationship between strategic interests and basic needs in the face of a powerful natural
heritage such as the Lagunas de Montebello National Park, evidenced important conflicts
between public policy and the beneficiary population, both at the level of the ordering of
economic activities inside and outside said natural space, as well as to the level of quality
of life of the population settled there, based on the right to water. The deficiencies that
are faced in the distant localities of the park indicate the need for the design and planning
of public agendas to take into account what happens at ground level, since, after having
documented the experiences, there are lessons learned to be taken up again. It is urgent
to establish bridges of dialogue between the designers of public policies and the localities
to ensure the governmental and civil co-responsibility in political life, which helps to better
solve the expected impacts. Evidencing the dynamics of social disadvantages from its
rereading implies weighing the differentiated effects of spatial circumstances, since being
geographical conditions such as relative distance explains the role of certain administrative
guidelines that feed back into social vulnerability.
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