Matson, P., A. Luers, K. Seto, R. Naylor, and I. Ortiz-Monasterio. 2005. People, land use and environment in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico. In Population, Land Use, and Environment, eds. B. Entwisle and P. Stern. Washington, D.C.: NRC.

1.4.2.1 HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS: Realistically sketched interactions - Long-term place-based interactions The most realistic human-environment interactions are place based and long term, capturing, over time, the processes of specific peoples engaging with their distinctive environment. Yet the number of places that have actually been recurrently studied as human-environment systems over periods of a decade or longer seem few in number or narrowly focused. (See also 2.4.1.1). The exceptional Yaqui Valley studies are place-based, interdisciplinary, and bring together researchers, practitioners, and land users. Now in their fifteenth year, they seek to understand land use in this NW Mexico region, the consequences of land management decisions, and ways to harmonize environment and development.

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