Análisis del arbolado de alineación del Municipio A en base al sistema único de respuesta de la Intendencia de Montevideo

Urban trees provide environmental, social and/or economic, aesthetic and urban physiognomy benefits, but they also generate a series of problems as a result of their interaction with the infrastructure, the population, and the environment in which they are developed. The Municipal Governments have the task of maintaining the trees aligned in paths of their territorial jurisdiction. The “problems” caused by trees or perceived by citizens that they could cause, are managed through the Single Response System of the Municipality of Montevideo (SUR), where through technical reports the actions to be taken for their resolution are defined, trying to facilitate and increase the response capacity towards the population. The problems are categorized and relate to requests for aerial pruning treatments, trees in poor vegetative condition or that interfere with garage entrances, situations of root interference on sidewalks or buildings, fallen trees or branches after a storm and plantations. Analysing the problems of the trees based on the requests of the citizens of Municipality A submitted to the SUR and relating them to the population, urban and tree situation of each Zonal Community Centre, made it possible to evaluate the most frequent types of problems in each territory. The urban tree census, the evaluation of the municipality's trees as well as the management treatments carried out in the population, made it possible to identify guidelines to improve municipal management. Within these guidelines, the development of a Tree Management Plan is suggested as a tool to effectively meet the objective of maintaining the existing trees on trails; the need to update the tree census; promote permanent education of both the personnel who manage the trees, as well as the citizens in good forestry practices but also, educate on the possible future problems that trees can cause in the urban environment to achieve success in planning. On the other hand, contribute to a change of perspective in terms of how citizens perceive trees in the city, balancing the benefits against the disadvantages with the objective of promoting an environmentally sustainable, efficient and safe Municipality.