Conflictos socioambientales: Identificación y representación espacial. Estudio de caso en la ciudad de Río Cuarto (Argentina)

Abstract

The city of Rio Cuarto (Cordoba Province, Argentina) currently provides clear indications that the process of urban sprawl generates, on one hand, uses of land that were previously located in the periphery, and secondly, collisions with the activities of suburban or rural areas (agricultural, industrial, commercial) which find themselves coming up against the activities of urban areas, thus expanding the field of socio-environmental conflict. Such a situation obliges scholars to generate knowledge for use in the making of decisions by the State, whose task it is to reconcile conflicting interests and ensure sustainable development. Given that such conflicts haveclear territorial implications, all attempts to address them must be based on up-to-date mapping projects and be consistent with perceived objectives. The aim of this paper is thus to carry out systematic characterization and mapping of environmental social unrest in the city of Rio Cuarto in a GIS environment. The paper then links such unrest with expansion of the built-up urban environment. In the city of Rio Cuarto (Cordoba Province, Argentina) today warns that the process of urban sprawl generates, on one hand, the inclusion of land uses that previously were located in the periphery, and secondly, the encounter with activities related to suburban or rural area (agricultural, industrial, commercial) faced with those from urban areas, thus increasing the field of socio-environmental conflicts. This situation forces the scientific field to generate knowledge for use in the making of decisions by the State that is who must reconcile conflicting interests and ensure sustainable development. Because it conflicts with a strong territorial implications, addressing them is a mapping from updated and consistent with the objectives. The aim of this paper is to develop a systematic, characterization and subsequent mapping of environmental social unrest in the city of Rio Cuarto in a GIS environment. To link it then with the expansion of the urban built environment.