THE CONTRIBUTION OF URBAN GREEN AREAS' ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN DESERT CITIES. THE CASE OF THE FRANCISCO BOLOGNESI URBAN RESERVE IN AREQUIPA, PERU.

Zeballos-Velarde C.; Ticona-Huaman A.; Morales-Pino C. · ZEMCH International Conference (2022)

Resumen

The ecosystem services of green areas provide numerous environmental, social, and cultural benefits to the inhabitants of cities. However, in many Latin American cities, neither the formal planning nor the informal occupation of the territory contemplate the creation of large green urban areas. Such is the case of Arequipa, a city located in the middle of an arid desert in southern Peru that urgently needs green areas. However, the last metropolitan park was implemented 80 years ago; the population has grown 10 times since then. Nonetheless, in the last 10 years, a private experience has made it possible to incorporate a 20-hectare urban reserve in a military school nearby the city center, becoming an important intervention in the city's ecosystem. This article analyzes the benefits of the ecosystem services of this expe1ience from three aspects: a) the management experience for carrying out the park, despite many real estate appetites b) the impact of ecosystem services at an environmental level c) the social benefit that this reserve provides to the citizens. © ZEMCH Network.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa