CURRENTLY, THE AREA IS A FRAGMENTED PATCHWORK THAT REVEALS THE VARIETY OF CONTESTED FORCES IN CONCEPCIÓN’S DEVELOPMENT.  IN FACT, THE CITY-LANDSCAPE DUALITY WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED OVER THE COMING YEARS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EVIDENT EFFECTS OF FRICTION, INCLUDING SEGREGATION, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IN FLOODING ZONES AND THE PARADOXES OF MODERN SPATIAL NEEDS INSERTED IN GLOBAL LOGICS. IN GENERAL, THE AREAS CHOSEN FOR FOCUS IN THE COMPETITION HAVE UNSATISFACTORY PUBLIC SERVICES, INSUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, LITTLE SPATIAL ARTICULATION WITH THE REST OF THE CITY AND A LACK OF GREEN SPACES.

THERE ARE THREE MAIN LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES WHICH INVISIBLY SHAPE THE CITY: THE ROCUANT MARSHLAND AT THE CONCEPCIÓN BAY, THE NONGUÉN NATURE RESERVE IN THE UPPER REACHES OF NONGUÉN STREAM, ONE OF THE MAIN TRIBUTARIES OF ANDALIÉN RIVER AND THE FRAGMENTED SHRUBS LANDSCAPE OF THE ANDALIÉN RIVER.

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