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4.2 Metropolitan Area of Leon Showed the Existence of Key
Green Infrastructure Components and Reveled
a Fragmented Network of Natural Spaces
Ecological and urban plans at local and state levels were analyzed in order to identify
the existence green infrastructure components. We used national data of Mexico
about open and natural spaces in the Metropolitan Area of Leon (INEGI 2018).
Five components (natural areas, rivers, water bodies, parks and greenways) were
classified into categories and subcategories based on the following attributes: (i)
type of green infrastructure component (hub, site and link), (ii) subtype based on
the scope (regional, metropolitan and local), (iii) component, (iv) land settings and
(v) geographical features (Table 2). Nine categories and 4459 subcategories were
obtained. Categories express the sort of green infrastructure component (e.g. RH:
Regional Hub, LL: Local link) and subcategories refer to characteristics of green
infrastructure component (e.g. ‘municipio’ + land settings + geographical feature
= Leon + natural area + sierra/plateau). A summary with the results can be consulted
in the Table 3.
Table 2 Attributes for the green infrastructure categories
Green infrastructure
Land settings
Geographical feature
Type
Subtype
Component
Hub
Regional
Natural area
Urban
Plateau
Site
Metropolitan
Water body
Plain
Park
Rural
Hills
Link
Local
Green corridors
Mountain
Rivers
Table 3 Categories and
subcategories of green
infrastructure
Type
Subtype
Category
Total of categories
Hub
Regional
RH
2
Metropolitan
MH
1
Local
LH
2
Site
Regional
RS
21
Metropolitan
MS
2
Local
LS
1998
Link
Regional
RL
6
Metropolitan
ML
19
Local
LL
2408
Total
4459