Urban and Peri-Urban Forestry in Quito, Ecuador: a Case-Study

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by
Sharon Murray

Forestry Department

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome, 1997

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Table of Contents

FOREWORD

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Urbanization in the regional context
1.2. Social and environmental outcomes of urbanization in Latin America
1.3. Objectives of the case study

2. THE QUITO CONTEXT

2.1. Urbanization in Ecuador
2.2. Delimiting the urban socio-ecosystem
2.3. General characteristics of the urban socio-ecosystem in Quito

2.3.1. Biophysical characteristics
2.3.2. Social and economic characteristics
2.3.3. Legal and institutional characteristics

3. THE URBAN FOREST ECOSYSTEM IN QUITO: POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS

3.1. The existing urban forest ecosystem
3.2. Potential for additional vegetation in the urban forest ecosystem of Quito
3.3. Functions of the urban forest ecosystem

4. URBAN FORESTRY IN QUITO: RECENT AND CURRENT ACTIVITY

4.1. Urban forestry management in Quito prior to 1990
4.2. Urban forestry management in Quito 1990-present

4.2.1. Major issues in management of the urban forest ecosystem in Quito
4.2.2. Major social actors involved in urban and peri-urban forestry in Quito

4.2.2.1. Public Interveners
4.2.2.2. Private Interveners

5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDIX A: HISTORY OF LAND USE PLANNING IN QUITO

APPENDIX B: TYPOLOGY OF URBAN SPACES AND WOODY SPECIES SUITABLE FOR DIFFERENT PLANTING SITES IN QUITO

APPENDIX C: PLANT SPECIES CURRENTLY FOUND IN THE URBAN AND PERI-URBAN ECOSYSTEM OF QUITO

APPENDIX D: SUMMARY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTORS IN THE URBAN FOREST ECOSYSTEM IN QUITO

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