Environmental management, climate change and society. An integrating vision from science in the Guanabo river basin

Abstract

In the contemporary scientific sphere, studies on global changes are dissimilar, where environmental management and the link established with the different elements of a society play an important role in the process of raising awareness of said global problems. According to research carried out by various international authors, in recent years not only the effects of climate change on development (populations, generation of assets, livelihoods, natural resources) have been taken into consideration, but also the way in which that development and its transformation into policies are conceived by its actors, say local administrations, communities and environmental managers fundamentally involved in the taking and implementation of environmental actions in the territories. The present work took as reference the project “Watersheds and coastal zone of the East of Havana. Aspects of its environment in the face of the challenges of climate change "belonging to the National Science Program" Climate Change in Cuba: Impacts, mitigation and adaptation ". An integrated analysis of the scientific results of the same was carried out, considering the social dimension and climate change as the starting point to achieve an objective approach, propitiatory of the contribution of the outputs obtained in the environmental management process of the territory under study.