Peri-urban agriculture, an endangered activity? Contributions to periurban land use planning

Authors

  • GUILLERMO DASCAL Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • JORGE VILLAGRAN Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Keywords:

periurbanization, land-use planning, urban sprawl, urban agriculture

Abstract

The peri-urbanization process, a recent development in the history of the urban phenomenon, has led to the loss of rich soils on the outskirts of Santiago, the deterioration of the rural world in the Metropolitan Region, and especially of the agricultural activity carried out there. 

 

Within the framework of a scientific cooperation program, which allows the comparison of dynamics and strategies in other contexts, this article aims to highlight key aspects of the peri-urbanization process, with special attention to its effects on agricultural activity. A case study developed in the municipality of Lampa has allowed a deeper understanding of the functioning of the land market and the variables that influence farmers' decision making in the face of urban expansion. By way of conclusion, contributions for peri-urban land use planning are provided. This document gathers reflections and results of one of the components of the research carried out in the framework of the ECOS C94H07 Program, of French-Chilean scientific cooperation, incorporating elements of the work carried out with the support of the National Institute of Agricultural Development INDAP on the strategies of farmers in the face of the urban expansion of Santiago. 

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

GUILLERMO DASCAL, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Instituto de Geografia Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

JORGE VILLAGRAN, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Instituto de Geografia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

References

BODRON, J.C., (1994): "Vingt propositions pour les espaces periurbains". Socitté d'Études Géographiques, Economiques et Sociologiques Appliqutes, SEGESA, París.
DASCAL, C., (1992): "Ordenamiento del territorio y agricultura metropolitana. Reflexiones aplicables al caso latinoamericano". en Revista de Geografía, Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Chile, No 21.
DASCAL, G.. (1996): "Chili: L'Agriculture face I'expansion urbaine de Santiago", en Regards sur le foncier No 48, La revue des SAFER, París.
DASCAL, G., VILLAGRAN. J.. (1995): "La periurbanización y la agricultura metropolitana: aspectos claves del ordenamiento territorial en la periferia urbana de
Santiago", en Revista de Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
NEUFERT, R. Y SALAZAR, R., (1997): "Etapes du developpement, formes et perspectives du tourisme rural en France. Exemple du Par6 du Vexin Francais",
Memoria de Curso de Postgrado, París. Mímeo.
PROD'HOMME, J.P., (1997): "La périurbanisation: menage ou opportunit6 pour I'agriculture et I'environnement?". Le cas de Paris. Revista Geografía "Norte Grande" U.C., No 24, 1997.

Published

1997-01-01

How to Cite

DASCAL, G., & VILLAGRAN, J. (1997). Peri-urban agriculture, an endangered activity? Contributions to periurban land use planning. Revista De Geografía Norte Grande, (24), 73–79. Retrieved from https://ojs.uc.cl/index.php/RGNG/article/view/40973

Issue

Section

Artículos