Assessment of the quality of riparian forest remnants in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires Concepcion Chile Congreso IUFRO 5/11/2012

PEREPELIZIN P.; MELIGNANI E; A.M. FAGGI

Concepcion

Conferencia; IUFRO Landscape Ecology Conference; 2012

IUFRO

40% of Argentina's population (approximately 16 million people) lives in the urban area established by the City of Buenos Aires and the metropolitan area. Due to a lack of planning combined with a careless use of the environment, there is a severe impact on water courses and the riparian forest remnants linked to the urban matrix. Among them, the Matanza-Riachuelo and Reconquista basins, and the waterfront of the De la Plata River are the most affected. We evaluated the use of land along 70 km of coastline. We analyzed the use of land within a radius of 500 m in 103 points and designed a riparian quality index at an immediate shore (