Ficus benjamina L. in the cities: high number of individuals, severe damages to infrastructure and expensive economic losses

The article examines the rather negative impact caused by Ficus benjamina on urban areas in tropical and subtropical zones, specifically, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. Considered erroneously, by many as an appropriate species for urban tree planting, given its ornamental value, its low cost propagati...

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Autores:
Vargas-Garzón, Bellanith
Molina, Luis
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2012
Institución:
Universidad Antonio Nariño
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Repositorio UAN
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spa
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http://revistas.uan.edu.co/index.php/nodo/article/view/79
http://repositorio.uan.edu.co/handle/123456789/5560
Palabra clave:
Urban tree planting
urban economy
urban ecology
landscaping
Arborizaciones urbanas
economía urbana
ecología urbana
paisajismo
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spelling Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)Acceso abiertohttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Vargas-Garzón, BellanithMolina, Luis2021-11-10T01:00:03Z2021-11-10T01:00:03Z2012-12-14http://revistas.uan.edu.co/index.php/nodo/article/view/79http://repositorio.uan.edu.co/handle/123456789/5560The article examines the rather negative impact caused by Ficus benjamina on urban areas in tropical and subtropical zones, specifically, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. Considered erroneously, by many as an appropriate species for urban tree planting, given its ornamental value, its low cost propagation and adaptability to urban stress, F. benjamina has been introduced massively on hot weather cities to the extent of becoming the predominant species. However, the roots of the F. benjamina have proven to be destructive of urban structures (foundations, streets, sidewalks and water systems, among others), which affect considerably the economy of the cities, yet some botanists currently conduct studies that, in fact, seek for more efficient methods of propagation of this species and promote its usage on urban settings, disregarding the widely accepted implications caused by F. benjamina and encouraging with their work a damage-repair cycle that undermine public and private financial resources in poor, developing or emerging countries.El artículo analiza el impacto negativo generado por la presencia de Ficus benjamina en áreas urbanas de zonas tropicales y subtropicales alrededor del mundo, haciendo énfasis en Colombia, México y Brasil. Por considerarse erróneamente, especie apropiada para arborizaciones urbanas, F. benjamina ha sido introducida en muchos países, y por sus características ornamentales, bajos costos de propagación y adaptación al estrés urbano, se ha plantado masivamente en las ciudades de clima cálido, siendo en muchas ocasiones la especie predominante. Sin embargo, las raíces de F. benjamina generan severos daños a las estructuras urbanas (cimientos, calzadas, redes de alcantarillado, entre otras), lo que impacta gravemente la economía de las ciudades. Algunos botánicos realizan actualmente investigaciones que buscan una más eficiente propagación de esta especie, y la promueven como apta para los espacios urbanos, viendo en ello un recurso económico. Pero es evidente que esos investigadores desconocen los severos daños causados por F. benjamina en las ciudades, y con sus trabajos, fomentan un círculo vicioso que mina los recursos públicos y privados de muchas economías pobres, en desarrollo o emergentes.application/pdfspaUniversidad Antonio Nariñohttp://revistas.uan.edu.co/index.php/nodo/article/view/79/622346-092X1909-3888REVISTA NODO; Vol. 7 Núm. 13 (2012); 93 - 101Urban tree plantingurban economyurban ecologylandscapingArborizaciones urbanaseconomía urbanaecología urbanapaisajismoFicus benjamina L. in the cities: high number of individuals, severe damages to infrastructure and expensive economic lossesFicus benjamina L. en las ciudades: altas poblaciones, daños severos a estructuras físicas y grandes pérdidas económicasArtículo revisado por paresinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85123456789/5560oai:repositorio.uan.edu.co:123456789/55602024-10-09 22:51:10.642https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Acceso abiertometadata.onlyhttps://repositorio.uan.edu.coRepositorio Institucional UANalertas.repositorio@uan.edu.co
dc.title.en-US.fl_str_mv Ficus benjamina L. in the cities: high number of individuals, severe damages to infrastructure and expensive economic losses
dc.title.es-ES.fl_str_mv Ficus benjamina L. en las ciudades: altas poblaciones, daños severos a estructuras físicas y grandes pérdidas económicas
title Ficus benjamina L. in the cities: high number of individuals, severe damages to infrastructure and expensive economic losses
spellingShingle Ficus benjamina L. in the cities: high number of individuals, severe damages to infrastructure and expensive economic losses
Urban tree planting
urban economy
urban ecology
landscaping
Arborizaciones urbanas
economía urbana
ecología urbana
paisajismo
title_short Ficus benjamina L. in the cities: high number of individuals, severe damages to infrastructure and expensive economic losses
title_full Ficus benjamina L. in the cities: high number of individuals, severe damages to infrastructure and expensive economic losses
title_fullStr Ficus benjamina L. in the cities: high number of individuals, severe damages to infrastructure and expensive economic losses
title_full_unstemmed Ficus benjamina L. in the cities: high number of individuals, severe damages to infrastructure and expensive economic losses
title_sort Ficus benjamina L. in the cities: high number of individuals, severe damages to infrastructure and expensive economic losses
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Vargas-Garzón, Bellanith
Molina, Luis
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Vargas-Garzón, Bellanith
Molina, Luis
dc.subject.en-US.fl_str_mv Urban tree planting
urban economy
urban ecology
landscaping
topic Urban tree planting
urban economy
urban ecology
landscaping
Arborizaciones urbanas
economía urbana
ecología urbana
paisajismo
dc.subject.es-ES.fl_str_mv Arborizaciones urbanas
economía urbana
ecología urbana
paisajismo
description The article examines the rather negative impact caused by Ficus benjamina on urban areas in tropical and subtropical zones, specifically, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. Considered erroneously, by many as an appropriate species for urban tree planting, given its ornamental value, its low cost propagation and adaptability to urban stress, F. benjamina has been introduced massively on hot weather cities to the extent of becoming the predominant species. However, the roots of the F. benjamina have proven to be destructive of urban structures (foundations, streets, sidewalks and water systems, among others), which affect considerably the economy of the cities, yet some botanists currently conduct studies that, in fact, seek for more efficient methods of propagation of this species and promote its usage on urban settings, disregarding the widely accepted implications caused by F. benjamina and encouraging with their work a damage-repair cycle that undermine public and private financial resources in poor, developing or emerging countries.
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