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Investigaciones geográficas
versão On-line ISSN 2448-7279versão impressa ISSN 0188-4611
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ORZANCO, María Gabriela. Problemas ambientales detectados por la población de Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina). Invest. Geog [online]. 1999, n.40, pp.85-98. ISSN 2448-7279.
This paper focuses on the inhabitant's image of Ushuaia city. The study was approached through a social-economic stratification. Ushuaia, capital city of Tierra del Fuego province, is located in a biological and physical constrained environment and shows many environmental problems as a result of an intensive increase of population in the last 15 years. The image of the city was constructed from general and environmental problems and local resources to be preserved as mentioned by people, and was obtained from 114 questionnaires analized through frequence and principal component analysis. Results showed differents images of the city and relationship among nature of mentioned problems and occupational classes and educational level prevailing in each zone.
Palavras-chave : Ushuaia; Tierra del Fuego; urban growth; environmental problems; environmental perception.