Análisis desde la cogestión y el turismo rural comunitario para el desarrollo económico local, caso: Centro Poblado Rural Quebrada Verde de Pachacamac, Lima-Perú

Abstract

This thesis has as unit of analysis Quebrada Verde Rural Village Center, located in the district of Pachacamac, department of Lima - Peru, where it is analyzed from the approaches of Social Management and Local Economic Development: the rural tourism and co-management implemented in the “Lomas de Lucumo Ecotourism Circuit”, identifying for it its components, actors, processes, achievements and challenges. -- This research was developed in the period of 2015 - 2016, using "Case Study" methodology, considering qualitative and quantitative methods. The use of this methodological strategy, with research techniques such as survey, observation, documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews, allowed a systemic analysis of the territory and the management of the actors involved in it; as well as, knowing their potential, culture, participation, bottlenecks and future prospects. -- The research findings show that the population has managed to take advantage of the natural and ecological capital of their territory, Lomas de Lucumo, through the implementation of Community-Based Rural Tourism in the area, thus creating an important source generating income. Such is the case, that at present, the Community-Based Rural Tourism is the main economic activity developed in the Village Center. Likewise, the presence of co-management in the territory was evidenced, through participation, cooperation and trusting relationships between public and private institutions and grassroots social organizations. These aspects have contributed to the promotion of local economic development in the Quebrada Verde Rural Village Center. -- The thesis also mentions that there are actions to be improved such as generating the participation of more sectoral grassroots organizations, strengthening trust relationships between the intervening actors in the territory for the sustainable local economic development of Quebrada Verde; and in this way optimize co-management and tourism activity in the area, consolidating them as key axes to achieve a greater impact in favor of the local economy.