Análisis del conflicto de uso del suelo en el cerro de La Popa en Cartagena de Indias D. T. y C.

Abstract

Knowledge of the relative balance sheet of how land resources are being used in the country, especially those that have long been subject to human exploitation, is an issue of vital importance given that it constitutes a direct indicator of the relationship current society environment and also defines criteria that support the future planning of sustainable development and land use planning. The conflicts of land use are the result of the discrepancy between the use that man currently makes of the natural environment and that which he should have in accordance with the environmental offer. According to studies carried out by the Geographical Institute Agustín Codazzi (IGAC, 2002), 28% of the Colombian territory suffers from some conflict in the quality of its soils and the city of Cartagena is not the exception to this problem. In the present work the conflict of land use that occurs in the protected area of Cerro of The Popa in Cartagena de Indias D. T and C was analyzed, through the cartographic superposition of the current land use and the use of normative soil established in the Territorial Ordinance Plan (POT) of the city regulated by Decree 0977 of 2001. Once the conflict zones of land use were defined, the critical areas immersed in them were determined, through the analysis of the identified environmental risks in the sector. The results obtained allowed us to conclude that there is not only the need to eliminate the land use conflict to recover ecologically and landscaping, preserve biodiversity, capture carbon dioxide, and promote recreation and environmental education at Cerro of The Popa, but also the need to safeguard the integrity of the population settled there. Finally, a solution and a series of recommendations were proposed with the purpose of eliminating the conflict of land use according to the programs and projects stipulated in the POT.