Proposal of Environmental Zoning for the María Aguilar River Inter-city Wildlife Corridor, Costa Rica
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2017 |
| Descripción: | Wildlife corridors are recognized for their importance as connectors of elements and ecological functions. Those located in urban areas are crucial for the environmental, social and economic functioning in their influence area; however, they have important challenges in their consolidation and management as they are frequently exposed to stress and human disturbance. In this article, the geographic analysis combines urban, biogeographical, hydrological and territorial planning perspectives in order to develop an environmental zoning to be applied to the María Aguilar River Inter-city Wildlife Corridor, in Costa Rica. A mixed analysis methodology was implemented; besides the search of databases, records, and secondary sources, it considers the application of a statistical method of analytical hierarchies proposed by Thomas Saaty. After satisfactorily accomplishing the ordered pairs procedure, the area could be divided in intervention levels from very high to very low ones, allowing to more effectively manage the area of influence. A set of recommendations is provided with the framework of the National Development Plan 2015–2018, and the National Act on Territorial Planning. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/9258 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/9258 |
| Palabra clave: | Biogeography biological corridor multi-criteria analysis river basin urban territorial planning wildlife corridor Análisis multicriterio corredores biológicos cuencas hidrográficas biogeografía ordenamiento territorial urbano |