Pattern of urban forest changes in a volcano neo-tropical city
| dc.coverage | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| dc.creator | Bonilla-Bedoya, S., Coronel, D. M., Zalakeviciute, R. et al. | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:57:54Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:57:54Z | |
| dc.date | 2022 | |
| dc.date | 2023-02-23T04:57:40.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T22:14:27Z | |
| dc.description | Urban forests are a key component of nature-based adaptation strategies; therefore, their monitoring and management is fundamental to urban management in the 21st century. This research identified and estimated land cover changes in an urban space located in the neo-tropical Andean valleys. To achieve this objective, we set out to quantify over a five-year period (2013-2017) the land cover changes with emphasis on impervious cover, forest fragments, urban trees, and urban green areas. Thus, we identified the spatial variations of urban vegetation over the five-year period using SPOT 6 and 7 images, applying an object-based classification and a transition matrix. We found an increase in the impervious category and the loss of urban vegetation, represented by the sum of the categories: forest, green areas and shrub-shrub. In parallel, we observed an increase in forest and urban woodland that compensated for the losses in the categories of shrubs and green areas. Quantifying the spatio-temporal variations of urban forests more accurately and at an appropriate scale generates timely information for the design policies aimed at achieving environmental justice in the city; and also will determine the transition to sustainability cities in the 21st century. Keywords: urban forest, object-based classification, SPOT, land cover changes ID: 3488631 | |
| dc.format | 6p. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cc1749en | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/cc1749en/cc1749en.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/247066 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | Non-FAO | |
| dc.rights | CC BY NC SA 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.title | Pattern of urban forest changes in a volcano neo-tropical city | |
| dc.title | XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022 | |
| dc.type | Article |