Abstract

GUTIERREZ LESMES, Oscar Alexander. THE BOGOTÁ-VILLAVICENCIO HIGHWAY, ITS IMPACT ON LAND USE AND THE ECOSYSTEM. Luna Azul [online]. 2015, n.40, pp.277-292. ISSN 1909-2474.  https://doi.org/10.17151/luaz.2015.40.18.

Objective: Through a literature review, potential impacts on land use in its ecological dimension, resulting in the municipalities of influence of the Bogota-Villavicencio highway from the possibility of building a third lane will be presented in this paper; determining some impacts will provide a theoretical reference to be used by governmental and academic institutions, inhabitants of the area of influence and private enterprise in the planning of the project development. Methodology: A compendium of information was performed through the search of indexed articles in databases: Redalyc, Latindex, Proquest, Dialnet, Scielo, Scopus, ScienceDirect; defined keywords according to the theme were used for the search according to the Thesaurus Clacso. Results: The phenomenon of changes in land use in the ecological dimension caused by highways construction is framed in two components: first it alters social behavior which has been documented in different studies as a direct cause of changes in land use affecting the ecosystem by human actions; second, changes caused by highways on landscape structure affect the ecosystem functioning. Conclusions: The Bogotá-Villavicencio highway continues growing pressure from expanding economic determinants; construction is still in the second lane and next need will be the construction of a third lane. This is why the road must be considered to count with specific characteristics that promote sustainable regional development in the territories involved. It should promote inclusive development through economic development of all human settlements in order to avoid social disruptions that promote migration and changes in the land use away from the territorial planning schemes (TPS) (EOT) of these municipalities. Secondly strategies to mitigate the impact and the ecological balance must be created.

Keywords : Road; Land Management; Environment; Wildlife.

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