Pre-andean area of Santiago de Chile: Perceptions, attitudes and preferences of urban visitors
Keywords:
pre-andean area, forested landscape, urban visitorsAbstract
The aim of this work was to determine the attitudes, perceptions and preferences of the visitors in relation to the pre-andean landscapes of Santiago. Questionnaires and interviews to the visitors were carried out in different places of this area. The results show that the visitors perceive the pre-andean area as a deteriorated landscape, due to urban expansion. They agree that it is important to generate a harmonious relationship between the city and its natural environment, through a planning process that is coherent with the landscape, such as the creation of environmental education programmes for the people to know and protect the ecosystem. Furthermore, it was found out that the majority of the visitors prefer forested landscapes, slightly altered, and that natural vegetation impacts positively on people’s opinion.
The results put forward the development of an active management process of the landscape, that involves the expectations and needs of the citizens, and a urban development based on environmental sustainable development, which should tend to recover the natural landscapes of the pre-andean area of Santiago as a project, common to all citizens.
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