Data from Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana Provide New Insights into Ecology (The replacement of Mediterranean-type vegetation: The challenges for territorial planning and disaster risk in a basin of Central Chile): Life Sciences – Ecology

2024 JAN 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on ecology is now available. According to news originating from the Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The Chilean Mediterranean basins have undergone processes of replacement of native vegetation by intensive uses of the territory linked to agribusiness.”

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana: “The following paper analyzes changes in land use and their relationship with territorial planning with a focus on disaster risk management in the Puangue basin in Central Chile. A multi-temporal analysis of land uses was carried out (1986-2019) and it was contrasted with the zoning indicated in the Santiago Metropolitan Regulatory Plan (PRMS, in Spanish). The result is that all native vegetation coverage has decreased on the surface. Furthermore, areas with PRMS restrictions, such as mountain ranges, are occupied by intensive agriculture, human settlements, and other non-agrarian uses.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “It is concluded that changes in land use and the replacement of native vegetation, without adequate territorial planning, can increase the risk of disasters and that adequate supervision of territorial planning instruments is necessary.”

For more information on this research see: The replacement of Mediterranean-type vegetation: The challenges for territorial planning and disaster risk in a basin of Central Chile. Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reduccion del Riesgo de Desastres, 2024,8(1):254-267. (Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reduccion del Riesgo de Desastres - http://www.revistareder.com/ojs/index.php/reder). The publisher for Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reduccion del Riesgo de Desastres is Corporacion Gestion de Riesgos y Desastres GRID-Chile.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.55467/reder.v8i1.150.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Ana Huaico-Malhue, Departamento de Prevencion de Riesgos y Medio Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias de la Construccion y Ordenamiento Territorial, Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana, Santiago. Additional authors for this research include Claudia Carrasco-Cabello, Carolina Ojeda, Javiera Lopez-Briones.

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