%0 Journal Article
%T Environment and sustainable development: The Yurimaguas City case Ambiente y desarrollo sostenible: el caso de la ciudad de Yurimaguas
%A Katarzyna Goluchowska Trampczynska
%J Espacio y Desarrollo
%D 2010
%I Pontificia Universidad Cat車lica del Per迆
%X Humanity is looking for solutions to the environmental degradation problem, which is generated by the economic and demographic growth, the indiscriminate use of resources, deforestation and pollution. The  sustainable development  concept, which considers social, economical and environmental aspects, was created twenty years ago, but it is still not producing the desired effects, and its application generates discussion, propositions and alternatives. As a geographer, I am interested especially in two aspects, which I consider, could lead the city development to sustainability: 1. adjust the development to the advantages and limitations of the natural media of the region where the city is located, and 2. that the urban activities do not transfer the costs and environmental problems to the surroundings of the city and to the future generations. In this paper I＊ll try to put both postulations taking as an example the Yurimaguas city development. This city, located at a strategic point in the route between two oceans, has a past and a future linked to the conditions of the natural environment. The paper has an introduction where the theoretical aspects of both postulations are explained, then comes an analysis and discussion of the relationship between the natural environment and development of the Yurimaguas city, and finally some propositions are suggested to improve the quality of the city environment in order to lead it to a sustainable development. La humanidad entera busca una soluci車n a los problemas de la degradaci車n del ambiente, generada por el crecimiento econ車mico y demogr芍fico, el uso indiscriminado de los recursos, la deforestaci車n y la contaminaci車n. El concepto de desarrollo sostenible 〞que toma en cuenta, adem芍s de los aspectos sociales y econ車micos del desarrollo humano, los aspectos ambientales〞surgi車 ya hace veinte a os y todav赤a no produce los efectos deseados y su aplicaci車n suscita discusi車n, propuestas y alternativas. Como ge車grafa, me interesan especialmente dos aspectos que considero podr赤an encaminar el desarrollo de la ciudad hacia la sostenibilidad: 1. que el desarrollo se ajuste a las ventajas y limitaciones del medio natural de la zona en la cual se asienta la ciudad, y 2. que las actividades urbanas no transfieren los costos y problemas ambientales al entorno y a las futuras generaciones. En esta investigaci車n tratar谷 ambos postulados tomando como ejemplo el desarrollo de la ciudad de Yurimaguas. Dicha ciudad, ubicada en un punto estrat谷gico en la ruta entre dos oc谷anos, tiene una historia y futuro ligados estrechamente a la
%K Ciudad
%K Ambiente
%K Desarrollo sostenible
%K Din芍mica del medio natural
%U http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/espacioydesarrollo/article/view/5352