ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF THE SAN ROQUE PERILAGO. CASE STUDY: THE COASTAL BORDER OF VILLA CARLOS PAZ

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.9734132421105

• Palavras-chave: perilago, Villa Carlos Paz, ocupación, lineamientos

• Keywords: perilago, Villa Carlos Paz, occupancy, guidelines

• Abstract:

  The present work is part of the development of the final project on the management of public space on the edge of Lake San Roque- Córdoba- Argentina of the Master in Environmental Management of Urban Development GADU of the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Design FAUD of the National University of Córdoba UNC (graduate student Architect Mariela Frias, directed by Dr. Mónica Martínez).
  The general objective of this work is to understand the problems of the artificial lakes, as a border zone between the lake area and the urbanized zone, its vocation of great attraction for recreational use and contemplation of the landscape and the environment; to recognize all the actors that participate and their interests in this space as well as the planning, regulation and management instruments available, their scope, opportunities and limitations, in order to elaborate guidelines for sustainable development.  

  In the San Roque reservoir, an artificial lake built at the end of the 19th century and replaced by another one in the first decades of the 20th century as an infrastructure work for the city of Córdoba, the waters of the basins of the San Antonio, Cosquín, Las Mojarras and Los Chorrillos rivers converge. Currently, it is the main water mirror of the Córdoba Metropolitan Region, under the jurisdiction of the provincial government, and surrounded by the municipalities of Villa Carlos Paz, which occupies 47% of the waterfront, in addition to Villa Santa Cruz del Lago, Bialet Massé and the municipalities of San Roque and Villa Parque Síquiman. In particular, this presentation addresses the problem of the perilago of the San Roque Reservoir in the section that includes the city of Villa Carlos Paz. 

  The presentation covers the process of occupation and management of the coastal edge of the city of Villa Carlos Paz and its evolution over time. For this purpose, the transformation of this territory and the actors involved in different stages are studied: a ) from the construction of the reservoir of the waters until the 70's where the use as infrastructure and seaside resort predominates; b) the consolidation of the urbanization of the coasts from the 70's until the beginning of the XXI century; c) the first decade of the XXI century that is characterized by the ideation of the project Puerto San Roque 2005-2010 and the conformation of a public-private corporation for its management; d) the second decade of the 21st century, which is characterized by the recovery of part of the waterfront as a public green space, through the creation of the Urban Environmental Planning Council and the adaptation of a participatory management model from 2009 to the present.