| Journal: | Investigaciones geográficas - Instituto de Geografía. UNAM |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000451187 |
| ISSN: | 0188-4611 |
| Authors: | Bollo Manent, Manuel1 Martín Morales, Gustavo2 Martínez Serrano, Ayesa3 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Morelia, Michoacán. México 2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores - Morelia, Morelia, Michoacán. México 3Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Mérida, Mérida, Yucatán. México |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Season: | Abr |
| Number: | 107 |
| Country: | México |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | The management of green areas plays a central role in urban sustainability since vegetation cover has important environmental functions in urban areas. Urban green areas are key elements to improve the well-being of their inhabitants; they are not homogeneous but are differentiated into landscapes with coverages related to historical uses. This article documents the landscapes that are part of green areas in the urban zone of the municipality of Morelia and establish their relationship with the number of inhabitants living in urban areas. The methodology used for the identification and mapping of anthropogenic landscapes as units of analysis and differentiation in the study of vegetation is part of the geoecological approach. To differentiate these landscapes, we started by identifying the physical-geographic landscapes of the territory as the natural background on which the urbanization process takes place, modifying the original land cover and giving rise to different uses. The land uses in the territory are differentiated by establishing the typology of housing and infrastructures introduced in the physical-geographic landscapes where the city was established and by the modified natural covers that remain in a given moment. Then, by superimposing the typology of land uses and covers on the differentiation of the physical-geographic landscapes, geoecological units, i.e., spatial-territorial units, are obtained. They facilitate the classification and identification of the anthropogenic ̶ anthroponatural and anthropic ̶ landscapes of the territory. Certainly, the main transformative process of these landscapes has been urbanization. To determine the extension of green areas, the Normalized Vegetation Index was calculated for the study area, which was contrasted with the anthropogenic landscape layer to estimate this surface area per landscape unit. From this, two indicators were established to achieve the proposed objective: the rate of green areas, whi |
| Disciplines: | Geografía |
| Keyword: | Geografía humana, Geografía del paisaje, Geoecología, Areas verdes, Paisaje antropogénico, Tipología urbana, Morelia, Michoacán, México |
| Keyword: | Human geography, Landscape geography, Green areas, Anthropogenic landscape, Urban typology, Geoecology, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico |
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