?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4509%2F&rft.title=Water+and+Population+in+the+Yucatan+Peninsula&rft.creator=Gelting%2C+R.J.&rft.description=This+paper+explores+the+relation+between+population+and+water+in+the+Yucatan+Peninsula+of+southeastern+Mexico%2C+and+how+issues+related+to+water+have+affected+the+inhabitants+of+the+region+from+the+time+of+the+ancient+Maya+to+today.+The+paper+also+discusses+how+water+issues+will+affect+the+future+population+of+the+region.+Water+has+historically+been+a+scarce+resource+in+the+Yucatan.+Despite+a+relatively+humid+climate%2C+a+combination+of+geologic+and+geographic+conditions+limit+the+availability+of+water+in+the+region.+The+inhabitants+of+the+region%2C+from+the+ancient+Maya+to+the+present+day+population%2C+have+devised+different+strategies+for+coping+with+that+scarcity.+In+recent+years%2C+however%2C+the+population+of+the+Yucatan+has+grown+rapidly+as+a+result+of+economic+development%2C+especially+the+expansion+of+the+tourism+sector.+With+that+rapid+growth+have+come+increased+problems+with+both+water+supply+and+wastewater+disposal.+These+problems+are+likely+to+be+further+magnified+in+the+future+as+the+population+of+the+region+continues+to+expand.+This+paper+discusses+future+water+needs+of+the+Yucatan+and+different+possibilities+for+meeting+those+needs.+The+paper+also+includes+an+annotated+bibliography+which+provides+some+short+notes+about+some+of+the+most+useful+references+cited+and+where+they+can+be+easily+located.&rft.publisher=WP-95-087&rft.date=1995-08&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4509%2F1%2FWP-95-087.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gelting%2C+R.J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1280.html%3E++(1995).++Water+and+Population+in+the+Yucatan+Peninsula.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-087+++++