LOS SERVICIOS ECOSISTÉMICOS EN EL ORDENAMIENTO AMBIENTAL DEL SUELO SUBURBANO DEL MUNICIPIO DE PEREIRA, ESTUDIO DE CASO

Abstract

This article presents a research project synthesis about the problems associated with the current suburban land use model of the municipality of Pereira (Risaralda). The research was conducted under the hypothesis that this model generates a negative environmental impact and progressive deterioration of the Ecosystem Services (ES) which implies the loss of territorial capabilities for the maintenance of the population welfare. Methodologically the study is developed under a mixed approach, linking qualitative and quantitative analysis tools which allowed identifying the most representative impacts about ES and the common aspects to these impacts. Subsequently the identification of structural causes behind the current model of suburbanization was carried out. The analyses performed allowed reaching the definition of a territorial environmental planning proposal in order to ensure sustainable suburban ground occupation by means of the identification of some sustainability principles and environmental determinants for this type of ground, understood as a set of directives, guidelines and policy proposals to address the way to use and occupy the suburban land searching for its sustainability and where the identified planning, management and financing instruments allow them to be operational.