The recent urban processes in Metropolitan Area of Concepcion: morphologic transformations and occupation typologies

作者：Salinas Varela Edison; Perez Bustamante Leonel

来源：Revista de Geografia Norte Grande, 2011, (49): 79-97.

• Metropolitan Area of Concepcion
• urban land cover
• urban growth
• urban sprawl
• land consumption

To understand the recent processes of metropolitan occupation, a methodology based on visual interpretation of aerial and satellite images and census data has been developed. This methodology has been applied on the Metropolitan Area of Concepcion (MAC), for the census years 1992 and 2002. This analysis provides maps and statistical tables that allow synthesizing relevant aspects of the growth processes of urban areas from a morphological perspective; as well as the types of occupation of urban land and the impact these have on the variation of urban population density on a metropolitan and municipal scale. The results show that during the study period, the MAC had a significant urban growth, mainly resulting from the consumption of industrial and residential land, condition that, at the same time, produced a negative impact on the urban population density.

• 出版日期2011-9