Planificación del uso de la tierra en los Llanos Orientales colombianos: El caso de Puerto López, Meta

• Autores: Luis Marino Santana Rodríguez, Yolanda Rubiano Sanabria, Nathalie Beaulieu
• Localización: Geotrópico, ISSN-e 1692-0791, Vol. 2, Nº. 1, 2004, págs. 21-33
• Idioma: español
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  • In this article criteria and recommendations are advanced in support of the process of land use planning in the savanna land-ecosystem. The municipality of Puerto Lopez, Colombia is used as a case study to illustrate the problem. An analysis of landscape and soil characteristics was conducted, taking into consideration biophysical and management aspects, in terms of limitations and potentialities for crop and agroforestry production, and in terms of conservation of different geomorphic settings. The methodology included the overview and conceptual discussion of terms related to land use planning. Satellite LANDSAT TM and RADARSAT imagery was used to define landscape units. Soil data were used to characterize each landscape unit. Fieldwork allowed us to refine the study of soil and landscape relationships, by gathering georeferenced data of the terrain, current use, and management. The most important findings appear summarized in map and tables.