Sustainability indicators at watershed level
Abstract
Watershed sustainable management implies putting in motion a development plan attached to continuous monitoring and adjustment, the accurate evaluation of this depends on the indicators and indices available. In the selection of a relevant indicators set, it must be determined that it adequately fits to the problem to be described and that it diagnoses the limitations or scope of the management established. The development of this work aims to provide information of interest that allows to overcome the uncertainty during the identification and selection process of indicators for watershed assessment. As selection processes, participatory planning and obtaining a first approximation of indicators through literature reviews stand out. Through the review carried out, the use of the watershed sustainability index is recognized as the most widely used, a set of non-aggregated indicators was also used to define the situation of the watershed. The first measures the response to certain pressures, although it doesn’t fully measure all the responses at the site of interest, it obtains results that are easy to interpret, and shows the link between sustainability and human activities. The diagnosis obtained with a set of non-aggregated indicators, allows analyzing the current condition, identify trends and obtain useful spatial models to establish an effective system in the planning and creation of a watershed sustainable management.
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