Vol. 35 (2025): Volumen 35
Artículos de Investigación

Community resilience and citizen participation: the case of lithium mining in Bacadehuachi, Sonora, Mexico

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  • María del Rosario Fátima Robles Robles,
  • Jesús Mario Moreno Dena,
  • Beatriz Alejandra Hurtado Bringas
María del Rosario Fátima Robles Robles
Universidad Estatal de Sonora
Bio
Jesús Mario Moreno Dena
Universidad Estatal de Sonora
Bio
Beatriz Alejandra Hurtado Bringas
Universidad Estatal de Sonora
Bio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2025.4358

Published 2025-07-23

How to Cite

Robles Robles, M. del R. F., Moreno Dena, J. M., & Hurtado Bringas, B. A. (2025). Community resilience and citizen participation: the case of lithium mining in Bacadehuachi, Sonora, Mexico. Acta Universitaria, 35, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2025.4358

Abstract

Mining plays an important role in the Mexican economy, with Sonora standing out as one of the main producers. The modification of the Mining Law and the creation of LitioMx underscore the strategic importance of lithium for the country. Bacadéhuachi, Sonora, has gained relevance due to a recent discovery of lithium, attracting diverse actors. The research seeks to evaluate the community's capacity to face the impacts of this mining activity. Using a sequential mixed research design, it was detected that Bacadéhuachi shows low resilience to lithium mining because it has not been informed of the findings and possible impacts and has not been considered in the decision-making process. The community is uninformed and disoriented about how to get involved properly, highlighting the need to establish mechanisms to detonate transformative resilience and effective local development.

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