Uncontrolled urbanization south of Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico: Adaptation measures to infringe the effects of climate change

Abstract

The La Primavera Forest System and El Bajío Zone have suffered uncontrolled urban growth, which causes a decrease in permeable soil for river waters. This has caused flooding in surrounding neighborhoods for more than five years, and affected the properties and furniture of the inhabitants of those neighborhoods. Currently this system is characterized as a territory contributing to climate change. This contribution is related to the economic sector, since the negative anthropogenic externalities generated by uncontrolled urban growth are due to the existence of limited urban-enviromental legislation, and also because these are no applied completely and sufficiently. For this reason, the following work is proposed, the objective of which is to “Propose adaptation measures for the La Primavera Forest System and the Bajío Zone, through the analysis of the floods that neighboring colonies have suffered, which will allow improving the quality of life of the inhabitants and the conditions of the territory.