RESUMENEn diversos espacios urbanos latinoamericanos la evaluación de la calidad ambiental es costosa y los resultados son poco claros para la mayoría de las personas. De tal forma, se plantea el análisis de la calidad ambiental del área urbana del municipio de Querétaro, México (AUMQ), a partir de la propuesta de un índice de calidad ambiental urbana (ICAU) que parte de la generación de variables ambientales defi nidas mediante valoración visual del agua, aire y suelo en unidades censales. Se indaga la presencia de clústers espaciales que acentúan el deterioro de la calidad ambiental urbana (CAU). Los resultados mostraron que la CAU disminuye conforme los clústers se alejan del centro urbano, a la vez que las zonas prioritarias se asocian con las variables de suelo y aire. Se concluye con 27 variables ambientales inéditas para el AUMQ, los productos son actualizables y la metodología puede ser replicada en otros espacios urbanos.Palabras clave: Calidad ambiental, Valoración visual, Área urbana, Clúster espacial.
ABSTRACTIn several Latin American urban spaces, assessing environmental quality is costly and the results are unclear to most people. Given this, we performed an analysis of the environmental quality of the urban area of Querétaro, México (UAMQ or in spanish AUMQ). To this end, we developed an urban environmental quality index (UEQI or in spanish ICAU) that is based on a visual assessment, along census tracts, of the following environmental variables: water, air and soil. We investigated the presence of spatial clusters that accentuate the deterioration of urban environmental quality (UEQ or CAU in Spanish). Our results showed that the UEQ decreased in clusters as you move away from the urban center, while the priority areas are associated with the variables soil and air. We also present 27 unreleased environmental variables for AUMQ, whose results and methodology could be replicated for other urban spaces.
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