Abstract

GAREIS, María Cecilia  and  FERRARO, Rosana Fátima. Estimación De La Subhuella De Ambiente Construido Del Partido General Pueyrredón, Argentina. Cuad. urbano [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.19, pp.57-72. ISSN 1853-3655.

Cities occupy less than 1 % of the surface of the planet and are home to more than half of the world's population which modifies and impacts territory by turning natural and/ or rural land into built environment. The aim of this paper is to estimate and analyze the sub-footprint of the built environment in the City of Mar del Plata and the County of General Pueyrredon. The methodological steps followed were: i) estimate the maximum surface attainable by the indicator; ii) determine the sub-footprint of built environment and waterproofed surface at the local level; and iii) compare the situation of the County of General Pueyrredon to other counties in the Province of Buenos Aires. Results show that the average inhabitant of General Pueyrredon occupies an urban surface of 0.04 ha/cap, and a sub-footprint of 0.031 ha/cap, of which 61.3 % is waterproofed.

Keywords : Urban areas - ecological footprint - built soil sub-footprint.

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