PROCESSES OF GROWTH AND URBAN RENEWAL IN THE EXPANSION PROPOSAL OF URBAN QUADRANTS IN SANTA BARBARA, HEREDIA, COSTA RICA, 2014

Authors

  • Omar Barrantes-Sotela Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
  • Luis Sandoval-Murillo Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
  • Jorge Mora-Ramírez Instituto Nacional de Vivienda y Urbanismo, Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.2-55.3

Keywords:

Land use planning, urban growth, urban renewal, urban quadrant, Santa Bárbara

Abstract

The planning and land management require the projection in geographical space of strategies and actions based on economic, social, environmental and political-administrative development; aspects that require a review and integration of instruments to ensure the sustainability of the territory. This article evaluates the process of growth and urban renewal in Santa Barbara de Heredia, to generate a new proposal for urban expansion, according the environmental capacities of the territory. Urban areas have been identified in the period 1945 - 2013, using aerial photographs and satellite images and areas with environmental limitations according existing official information were identified. The demand for land is also estimated using the average property obtained from cadastral information and the population census data, in order to establish potential areas of urban growth. Analysis methodology K-means clustering was used. The research identified three types of urban growth related to regenerative processes, as well the spaces in which the urban improvement is needed and define the possible areas for future occupation, consistent to the existing environmental limitation.

Author Biographies

Omar Barrantes-Sotela, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

Académico de la Escuela de Ciencias Geográficas de la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. 

Luis Sandoval-Murillo, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

Académico de la Escuela de Ciencias Geográficas de la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. 

Jorge Mora-Ramírez, Instituto Nacional de Vivienda y Urbanismo

Jefatura de la Unidad de Criterios Técnicos y Operativos de Ordenamiento Territorial, Dirección de Urbanismo del Instituto Nacional de Vivienda y Urbanismo (INVU).

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2016-02-08

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Barrantes-Sotela, O., Sandoval-Murillo, L., & Mora-Ramírez, J. (2016). PROCESSES OF GROWTH AND URBAN RENEWAL IN THE EXPANSION PROPOSAL OF URBAN QUADRANTS IN SANTA BARBARA, HEREDIA, COSTA RICA, 2014. Geographical Journal of Central America, 2(55), 69-93. https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.2-55.3

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Vol. 2 No. 55 (2015): Revista Geográfica de América Central N°55

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Barrantes-Sotela, O., Sandoval-Murillo, L., & Mora-Ramírez, J. (2016). PROCESSES OF GROWTH AND URBAN RENEWAL IN THE EXPANSION PROPOSAL OF URBAN QUADRANTS IN SANTA BARBARA, HEREDIA, COSTA RICA, 2014. Geographical Journal of Central America, 2(55), 69-93. https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.2-55.3

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