Análisis territorial de las condiciones de habitabilidad en el periurbano de la ciudad de Mar del Plata (Argentina), a partir de la construcción de un índice y de la aplicación de métodos de asociación espacial

Abstract

The complex and spontaneous conversion process of rural land in urban areas result in the formation of an interface area of high social and environmental vulnerability. This paper aimed to define living conditions in suburban Mar del Plata through an index that shows the relation between habitat and inhabit. The employment of local indicators of spatial autocorrelation resulted in two maps: cluster and significance maps that allowed the disintegration of the spatial autocorrelation index thus expanding the analytical approach of the study area. The application of this methodology is of great interest in the periurban studies since it detects areas where social end environmental contrasts affect the quality of life of the population