TY - JOUR KW - agro-ecology KW - agroecología KW - desarrollo local KW - desarrollo regional KW - desarrollo sustentable KW - Local development KW - patrimonios tangibles e intangibles KW - Regional development KW - rural tourism KW - Sustainable development KW - Tangible and intangible heritage KW - turismo rural AU - Edel Fresneda Camacho AU - José Fresneda AB - To assess how agroecology allows the integration of socio-economic activities in the rural area, addressing therefore a sustainable design for development. Methodology: published and current discussions about rural concept are addressed. From there, the definition of rural tourism is also examined. Results: An important result is the analysis about the usefulness of agroecology to engender endogenous and local development in rural areas in Quintana Roo, in which tangible and intangible heritage are integrated in current development. Limitations: A limitation of this proposal is that this design is ascribed to a specific context, thus it is replicable when similar circumstances are corroborated. Conclusions: The main conclusion refers an alternative design proposal for development, based on rural tourism but not emphasising in natural resources exclusively but instead incorporating the rural areas complexity. BT - Estudios Sociales: Revista de Alimentación Contemporánea y Desarrollo Regional DA - jun DO - 10.24836/es.v28i51.509 LA - es M1 - 51 N2 - To assess how agroecology allows the integration of socio-economic activities in the rural area, addressing therefore a sustainable design for development. Methodology: published and current discussions about rural concept are addressed. From there, the definition of rural tourism is also examined. Results: An important result is the analysis about the usefulness of agroecology to engender endogenous and local development in rural areas in Quintana Roo, in which tangible and intangible heritage are integrated in current development. Limitations: A limitation of this proposal is that this design is ascribed to a specific context, thus it is replicable when similar circumstances are corroborated. Conclusions: The main conclusion refers an alternative design proposal for development, based on rural tourism but not emphasising in natural resources exclusively but instead incorporating the rural areas complexity. PY - 2018 T2 - Estudios Sociales: Revista de Alimentación Contemporánea y Desarrollo Regional TI - Agroecología, instrumento para la gestión del turismo rural en Quintana Roo UR - http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0188-45572018000100007&lang=es VL - 28 SN - 2395-9169 ER -