Clasificación de parques urbanos en Chetumal, Quintana Roo

Abstract

Parks are public spaces where leisure, leisure, recreation, rest, social interaction, sports activities are carried out, and that can contribute to the regulation of the climate and water filtration. The objective of this work was to classify the urban parks of the city of Chetumal, based on their social, environmental, economic functions, their level of service and their infrastructure. A bibliographic review was carried out to identify the elements and activities that take place in the parks; an official list of urban parks was used; to obtain information, the observation sheet was used and georeferencing in Google Earth; The work period covered from January to September 2024. The result of this work was the classification of 110 parks into 4 categories. It is concluded that most of the parks in the city are category 4, small with neighborhood scope and little maintenance, concentrated mainly in the northwestern area of the city and those of greater dimension and with more activities, are concentrated in the southern portion of the city of Chetumal.