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Table 9.1 Problems mentioned in each of the five regional plans analyzed
Year
of a
plan/
issue Landscape
Land-use
Pollution
Soil and sand Water
Vegetation Urban
Treated
water
Fires
Social
1993 No landscape
planning
Competition
between
conservation
and livestock
land uses and
between
tourism
Risk of
contamination
by pesticides
and chemical
fertilizers
Erosion
Overexploitation
of aquifers
Loss of
native
vegetation
Lack of urban
infrastructure
Lack of
solid waste
treatment
plants
2003 Fragmentation
and
deterioration
of the
landscape
Land
promotion for
real estate
purposes
Pressure on the
water resource
Human
settlements
without
services
2006 Landscape
deterioration
Increased
competition
for land uses:
agriculture,
commerce,
restaurants,
hotels, rural
subdivisions
Inadequate
management
of solid waste
1. Decrease of
soil quality
2. Sand
extraction
Depletion of the
water table due
to
overexploitation
of the aquifer
Decrease
in the
surface of
natural
vegetation
1. Guidelines
for
infrastructure
construction
not followed
2. Deficit of
public
equipment
and services
Discharges
of urban
water
without
treatment
Increase
in
intentional
fires
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