Análisis Espacio Temporal de la Dinámica de Crecimiento Urbano en el Sistema de Humedales Kirpas-Pinilla-La Cuerera de la Ciudad de Villavicencio, Meta.

Abstract

The present degree work consists of carrying out a space-time analysis of the dynamics of urban growth in the Kirpas-Pinilla-La Cuerera wetland system of the city of Villavicencio -Meta. This analysis allows us to retrospectively review the behavior of physical-environmental variables such as hydrology, soils and their uses, geomorphology, risks and/or threats, based on the use of geographic information systems. Going to historical sources, such as the soil studies of the Agustín Codazzi-IGAC Geographical Institute, the current municipal land use plan and comparing it with satellite images from the years 2010, 2015 and 2020. In them you can see the changes in the use of the soil, the predominant activity, the disappearance and/or decrease of tributaries and the dynamics of urban growth within the protected land. This analysis is developed from the elaboration of thematic maps that allow quantifying the socio-environmental impacts caused by the occupation and overflowing urban growth in this protected land. It is concluded that the main problem facing the Kirpas, Pinilla-La Cuerera wetland system is the anthropic pressure generated by the constant occupation of the protected land due to legal and illegal developers and the lack of environmental awareness and civic culture of the residents. inhabitants of the area. This event has caused the loss and degradation of the largest wetland system in the Municipality of Villavicencio.