Title: Biosphere reserves as models of sustainable development: Parque Atlántico Mar Chiquito, Argentina as a case study

Authors: Juan Pablo Morea

Addresses: National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Moreno 3527, 7600, Mar del Plata, Argentina; Department of Geography, National University of Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, 7600, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract: In recent years, debates on sustainable development have focused on the need to move towards the consolidation of a practical dimension of this concept. In this context, biosphere reserves have assumed the commitment of positioning themselves as test laboratories for the search of sustainable development strategies, posing the challenge of generating successful experiences at a global level. Based on a case study of Parque Atlántico Mar Chiquito Biosphere Reserve, this work proposed an evaluation methodology to determine the potential of establishing a model of sustainable development in these spaces. The results achieved have allowed identifying key factors in the construction of a sustainable development model and to weigh the usefulness that territorial management instruments could have as a strategy to achieve the articulation between use and conservation and to achieve sustainable management of biosphere reserves.

Keywords: biosphere reserves; sustainable development; sustainable models; Mar Chiquita; Argentina; evaluation methodology; MAB Programme; land use management; planning; UNESCO.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2020.106660

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2020 Vol.19 No.2, pp.153 - 173

Received: 14 Jan 2019
Accepted: 25 Jun 2019
Published online: 16 Apr 2020 *

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