URBAN GREEN AND RESILIENCE: AN EXPLORATION IN CÓRDOBA, FORTÍN AND AMATLÁN, VERACRUZ, MEXICO

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Urban green, resilience, endowment, distance, global warming

Abstract

This article shows the amount and location of Urban Green (VU) in Amatlán, Córdoba and Fortín, Veracruz, Mexico, in the context of urban resilience to global warming. The objectives of this work are: 1) to know the situation of this resource in terms of its availability (endowment) by present area; 2) measure the distances that separate the green from the population; and 3) determine the population served through the Public Urban Green (VUP) and Urban Green in general (VU-NDVI), as well as contrast with the endowment and distance recommendations of the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU).. The working hypotheses are: a) Fortn, Córdoba and Amatlán have a VUP allocation below that recommended by the WHO, but have the possibility of higher allocations, considering the VU-NDVI; and b) Fortín, Córdoba and Amatlán have a VUP system at a maximum distance of 400 meters from each block, and contain VU-NDVI areas at smaller distances. With census and cartographic data, satellite image processing, use of Geographic Information Systems, field verification of the data, and statistical analysis, the amount of VUP and VU-NDVI, the green area endowments per inhabitant, and the distances that separate the two types of green in the population. The results showed, on the one hand, that the allocation of VUP per inhabitant is below the WHO recommendations, but not the VU-NDVI and, on the other hand, that the VUP exceeds the maximum distance recommended by SEDATU, but not thus the VU-NDVI. Finally, it is pointed out that, although the majority of the population is served with VUP in accordance with SEDATU (although with very varied surfaces), the VU-NDVI serves 100% of it. The results show the potential of the latter to increase the share of green in cities such as those analyzed.

Author Biographies

Rafael A. Muñoz-Márquez T., Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Córdoba

Full Professor, of the College of Postgraduates (ColPos). Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Landscape Planning, from the Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Canada; Master in Valuation, from the University of Guadalajara; Master of Science from the College of Postgraduates; Landscape Architect from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He also holds a diploma in Geomatics from the Geo Center, and has taken training in Geographic Information Systems at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He is attached to the postgraduate program in Landscape and Rural Tourism, of the College of Postgraduates, Campus Córdoba, where he is a full professor of the courses: Principles of Landscape; Territorial Planning, and Cultural Heritage. He is also a professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad Veracruzana-Córdoba, where he teaches the class: "Landscape Architecture". He has published on issues of Patrimonial Landscapes, Rural Landscape, Green Infrastructure, Ecotourism, among others, his main area of ​​work being the Region of the High Mountains of Veracruz. He has directed and/or is directing eleven master's theses (Landscape and Rural Tourism and Landscape Architecture) and five undergraduate degrees in architecture. He is a member of the National System of Reaerchers, in ten Candidato category. His research interests focus on Rural and Urban Landscape Design, Heritage Landscapes, Landscape Valuation and Green Infrastructure.

 

Juan V. Hidalgo-Contreras, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Córdoba

Professor Hidalgo finished his degree in 1998 with the title of Agroindustrial Engineer from the Autonomous University of Chapingo (UACh). He studied the Master of Science in Applied Statistics from the Colegio de Postgraduados (CP), obtaining his undergraduate diploma in January 2003. Later, in August 2014, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the area of ​​Biometrics by part of the University of Nebraska (UNL), United States of America. He has extensive experience in the food industry, in both national companies (Dairy Technology Unit, Alpura) and transnational companies (Cargill de México-Sugar Division) in the areas of: Processes, Quality Management Systems and Food Safety . Since July 2006, he has been working at the Colegio de Postgraduados as a Research Academician in the areas of Statistical Methods, Multivariate Statistics, Design of Experiments and Statistical Quality Control. He actively participates as a counselor and advisor to graduate students. He is the author of scientific articles and co-author of around 45 articles. He has participated in national conferences and has served as a referee for scientific articles in JCR and CONACyT magazines. He teaches and collaborates in statistical master's courses. He is a member of two Academic Nuclei (NA) in postgraduate master's degrees from the Colegio de Postgraduados, registered with CONACYT. He has been an instructor in refresher courses for teachers at Technological Institutes. He is a member of the National System of Researchers in the candidate category.

 

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