Minería, formas de urbanización y transformación del espacio en Huamachuco, La Libertad, Perú

Abstract

Mining plays an important role in the structuring of the Peruvian territory. However, mining activities are heterogeneous: there are different scales and types of mining operations that generate different kinds of linkages with the territory and the urban system. Our aim is to explore the changes that occur in urban centers that are influenced by mining operations. Firstly, we discuss the links between mining and urbanization. Secondly, we describe certain territories and mining centers in Peru. Finally we present the case of the city of Huamachuco, a provincial capital in Peru’s northern Andes, that is under the influence of four mining operations.

Keywords

• Peru
• urbanization
• mining
• Huamachuco