Identificación de las tierras en uso inadecuado y su incidencia en el desarrollo socioeconómico en el departamento de Santa Ana, El Salvador

Abstract

The research was conducted during the period August 2010 to July 2011, in the department of Santa Ana, located in western El Salvador. The study was to evaluate the incidence of inappropriate land use in the socioeconomic development of the department, specifically those lands that are in underutilization. This required an update of the map of current land use Corine Land Cover to 2010 using satellite imagery, then gathered all the information printed cartographic maps agrological of the study area on a scale 1:20,000 generated by the Ministry of Agriculture, which were scanned, georeferenced and digitized to obtain a shape file in file and identified units at the level of use that are subclass of class I to class VIII. With the interception of both maps was obtained map of conflict of land use which is defined in the categories of proper use, overuse and underuse. We identified a total of 1.585 acres of underutilized land accounting for 0.85%, which are distributed in 11 of the 13 municipalities of the department, found mostly in natural vegetation cover and pastures and between classes III to V. Having identified underutilized land, were visited to verify usage units, as well as the underutilization of eight municipalities with a higher incidence of these lands, and selected counties closest to those for the socioeconomic study Through interviews with a representative sample of producers, the instrument collected information about production activities: general data of the producers and their families, education, access to health, type of housing, basic services. With the results obtained through the statistical frequency were compared with national indicators, being indicators in a superior position, similar to or lower than the national reality