Implications in the scalar representation and use of geo-technologies in land use planning programs

PPDU- West Zone of Pachuca, Hidalgo

Abstract

The present research aims to show the use and potential of geospatial analysis technologies, emphasis is placed on free accessibility tools, which can be applied to the generation of data and analysis in territorial and urban development. At the same time, it investigates, with a critical vision, about some of the contradictions in the design of land use planning programs at different geographical scales, their implications at a social and environmental level. To solve the above, a comparative analysis of the policies and strategies proposed in higher-order planning plans in the State of Hidalgo is carried out with the Partial Plan for Urban Development of the Science, Technology and Innovation Sector of the Western Zone of Pachuca of Soto (PPDU-PCCC). Various findings are identified, the main one being that, although geo-informatics technologies are a great potential for generating and analyzing data, they also require the critical use of information for social well-being, moving from strategic planning to comprehensive and sustainable. The great challenge is the complementarity of programs, especially when it comes to interventions on a small geographic scale, it is at this level that communities are impacted, made visible or excluded from planning or its absence.