Focus and Scope

Purpose of the journal

Guarracuco Sostenible is an open access, peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Corporación Universitaria del Meta - UNIMETA in Villavicencio, Colombia. Its name honours the bird that symbolises the Eastern Plains (Llanos Orientales). The journal publishes original research on environmental, social and economic sustainability, with particular attention to the problems of sustainable development in the Colombian Orinoquia and in comparable Latin American contexts.

Thematic scope

The journal welcomes work from different disciplines that converge on the problem of sustainability, including the following.

  • Environmental engineering, agronomy and earth sciences, including soil and water remediation, waste management and sustainable agricultural production.
  • Environmental law, land-use planning and public policy.
  • Natural resource economics, circular economy and regional development.
  • Social sciences applied to territory, community participation, water governance and socio-environmental conflicts.
  • Architecture, design and habitat studies from a sustainability perspective.

Preference is given to work that brings together more than one discipline and to work that produces empirical evidence on specific territories.

Types of contribution

  • Scientific and technological research article. Presents original results of completed projects, with introduction, methodology, results and conclusions.
  • Reflection article. Develops the author's analytical or critical perspective on a specific topic, drawing on original sources.
  • Review article. Systematises and analyses the literature of a field, with at least fifty references.
  • Essay. Free-format academic argument on a problem within the journal's field.

Audience

The journal is addressed to researchers, lecturers, graduate students, public officials and social organisations working on sustainability at regional and Latin American level.

Languages

Manuscripts are accepted in Spanish and English. Every article publishes its title, abstract and keywords in both languages.