ECOSYSTEM VULNERABILITY AS A SOCIOCULTURAL CONSTRUCTION. A PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Authors

  • Ana Lid del Ángel Pérez CE. Cotaxtla. CIR-Golfo Centro-INIFAP
  • Gabriel Díaz Padilla CE. Cotaxtla. CIR-Golfo Centro-INIFAP
  • José Alfredo Villagómez-Cortés Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Universidad Veracruzana.
  • Carlos Mallen Rivera Centro Nacional en Investigación Disciplinaria en Conservación y Mejoramiento de Ecosistemas Forestales (CENID-COMEF). INIFAP
  • Rafael Alberto Guajardo Panes Centro Nacional en Investigación Disciplinaria en Conservación y Mejoramiento de Ecosistemas Forestales (CENID-COMEF). INIFAP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v4i16.440

Keywords:

Ecosystems, landscape, landscape fragility index, spatial analysis, sustainability, territorial management

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a methodological tool to analyze the landscape by combining specific in-field assessment techniques and spatial interpolation techniques, so as to identify specific areas with territorial vulnerability categorized by fragility indexes. The methodology comprises four stages: expert judgment to define the variables that determine fragility in a landscape; georeferencing and gathering information through direct landscape readings at equidistant points; categorization of the fragility indexes, application of spatial analysis techniques for the generation of a continuous (raster or matrix) map of the territoriality of the Landscape Fragility Index (LFI). Fragility indexes were calculated in the transect area from the Cofre de Perote to the coast of the state of Veracruz. Levels of landscape frailty were regionalized based on Weibull distribution percentiles, and current landscape fragility was assessed for different land uses. In conclusion, a methodology for generating cartographic LFIs was developed and validated which allows monitoring of a geographic area over time and the detection of potential vulnerability. This tool can be useful for land management and rural development.

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Published

2018-10-17

How to Cite

del Ángel Pérez Ana Lid, Díaz Padilla Gabriel, Villagómez-Cortés José Alfredo, Carlos Mallen Rivera, and Rafael Alberto Guajardo Panes. 2018. “ECOSYSTEM VULNERABILITY AS A SOCIOCULTURAL CONSTRUCTION. A PRACTICAL APPLICATION”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Forestales 4 (16). México, ME:046-063. https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v4i16.440.

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 16 (2013)

Section

Scientific article

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