Diseño de ordenanza municipal para el control y protección del arbolado urbano y áreas verdes en el cantón Riobamba, como estrategia de mitigación al cambio climático y desarrollo sostenible

Abstract

At present, the accelerated population growth has caused damage to the environment, drastically changing the ecosystem landscape, replacing green areas with infrastructure, polluting the air, decreasing the quality of natural resources and causing severe effects on human health in the medium and long term. These damages are indirectly reflected in environmental events such as frequent droughts, floods, alteration in seasonal periods, melting of snow-capped mountains; all these caused by the increase in greenhouse gases generated by cities and industries globally. In the Riobamba canton, the main land uses were identified as: agriculture, infrastructure and buildings; evaporative surfaces, water supply, green areas within urban areas are increasingly decreasing. For this reason, solid criteria were established that contribute to the elaboration of a Municipal Ordinance model for the control and protection of Urban Trees and Green Areas in the Riobamba Canton, as an instrument of Environmental Management on a local scale. Areas of soil erosion, increase in the agricultural frontier and areas of plant conservation were identified through thematic maps. In addition, a diagnosis was made to the population to know their perception about the urban trees, as well as the Operative - technical perception in terms of Environmental Management specifically of urban trees and green areas, where the main problem found is the lack of environmental education to the population, training for the operational technical body, reduction and misuse of green areas, among others.