SISTEMAS FISIOGRÁFICOS DEL ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA “VALLE CRETÁCICO”, PROVINCIA DE RÍO NEGRO

The demographic expansion of cities in the Alto Valle and the regional tendencies for social practices of leisure and recreation, mark an increasing preference of population towards the surrounding rugged landscape and the consequent increase in the load pressure on semi-arid and sparsely anthropied...

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Main Authors: Romina Solorza, Marcos D. Mare
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional del Comahue;Facultad de Humanidades; Departamento de Geografía, 2011-12-01
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Online Access:http://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/htdoc/revele/index.php/geografia/article/view/71/70
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description The demographic expansion of cities in the Alto Valle and the regional tendencies for social practices of leisure and recreation, mark an increasing preference of population towards the surrounding rugged landscape and the consequent increase in the load pressure on semi-arid and sparsely anthropied environments of the south margin of the rivers Limay and Negro. As an example, it is enough to mention the practice of not regulated sport activities that are aggressive for environment, which contribute to accelerate erosion processes, loss of vegetation and soils, etc., while the unplanned urban development characterized by the lack of basic services in the suburbs, has led to a high rate of extraction of wood resources of the bush, the emergence of unauthorized micro rubbish dumps, greater frequency in the fire occurrence, etc. Given this context, the Rio Negro provincial government has materialized in 2010 an old regulation initiative aimed at sustainable management of those lands. This paper is a revised and shortened version of the biophysical studies of carried out as a part of the interdisciplinary technical reports for the "Management Plan of the Protected Natural Area (PNA) Cretaceous Valley" of the Rio Negro Province. The physiographic systems study shows that there is a marked susceptibility to the erosion processes increase, especially gully erosion. The natural vegetation, as a consequence of its physiognomic characteristics adapted to semiarid and mesothermal climate and of the historical social land use overloading , currently presents a low coverage, associated with low levels of soil aggregation. This is the starting point to explain the most obvious features of land degradation in the area. The approach with a perspective oriented to the dynamic nature of natural processes, contributes to the goal of designing proposals for conservation, remediation and management of resources in terms of a sustainable landscape and cultural appropriation by the regional society.
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spelling doaj-art-c1c623d2dbc7409d81a18a04b14df2aa2025-02-02T15:04:01ZengUniversidad Nacional del Comahue;Facultad de Humanidades; Departamento de Geografía,Boletín Geográfico0326-17352313-903X2011-12-01332953SISTEMAS FISIOGRÁFICOS DEL ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA “VALLE CRETÁCICO”, PROVINCIA DE RÍO NEGRORomina Solorza0Marcos D. Mare1Instituto de Altos Estudios Espaciales “Mario Gulich”. Centro Espacial Teófilo Tabanera. Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE).Laboratorio Patagónico de Investigación para el Ordenamiento Ambiental y Territorial (LIPAT). FAHUM - Universidad Nacional del ComahueThe demographic expansion of cities in the Alto Valle and the regional tendencies for social practices of leisure and recreation, mark an increasing preference of population towards the surrounding rugged landscape and the consequent increase in the load pressure on semi-arid and sparsely anthropied environments of the south margin of the rivers Limay and Negro. As an example, it is enough to mention the practice of not regulated sport activities that are aggressive for environment, which contribute to accelerate erosion processes, loss of vegetation and soils, etc., while the unplanned urban development characterized by the lack of basic services in the suburbs, has led to a high rate of extraction of wood resources of the bush, the emergence of unauthorized micro rubbish dumps, greater frequency in the fire occurrence, etc. Given this context, the Rio Negro provincial government has materialized in 2010 an old regulation initiative aimed at sustainable management of those lands. This paper is a revised and shortened version of the biophysical studies of carried out as a part of the interdisciplinary technical reports for the "Management Plan of the Protected Natural Area (PNA) Cretaceous Valley" of the Rio Negro Province. The physiographic systems study shows that there is a marked susceptibility to the erosion processes increase, especially gully erosion. The natural vegetation, as a consequence of its physiognomic characteristics adapted to semiarid and mesothermal climate and of the historical social land use overloading , currently presents a low coverage, associated with low levels of soil aggregation. This is the starting point to explain the most obvious features of land degradation in the area. The approach with a perspective oriented to the dynamic nature of natural processes, contributes to the goal of designing proposals for conservation, remediation and management of resources in terms of a sustainable landscape and cultural appropriation by the regional society.http://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/htdoc/revele/index.php/geografia/article/view/71/70GeographyLandscapePhysiographic Systems
spellingShingle Romina Solorza
Marcos D. Mare
SISTEMAS FISIOGRÁFICOS DEL ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA “VALLE CRETÁCICO”, PROVINCIA DE RÍO NEGRO
Boletín Geográfico
Geography
Landscape
Physiographic Systems
title SISTEMAS FISIOGRÁFICOS DEL ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA “VALLE CRETÁCICO”, PROVINCIA DE RÍO NEGRO
title_full SISTEMAS FISIOGRÁFICOS DEL ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA “VALLE CRETÁCICO”, PROVINCIA DE RÍO NEGRO
title_fullStr SISTEMAS FISIOGRÁFICOS DEL ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA “VALLE CRETÁCICO”, PROVINCIA DE RÍO NEGRO
title_full_unstemmed SISTEMAS FISIOGRÁFICOS DEL ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA “VALLE CRETÁCICO”, PROVINCIA DE RÍO NEGRO
title_short SISTEMAS FISIOGRÁFICOS DEL ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA “VALLE CRETÁCICO”, PROVINCIA DE RÍO NEGRO
title_sort sistemas fisiograficos del area natural protegida valle cretacico provincia de rio negro
topic Geography
Landscape
Physiographic Systems
url http://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/htdoc/revele/index.php/geografia/article/view/71/70
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