Geospatial distribution of public spaces in the City of Comayagua, Honduras

Abstract

The territorial balance of the recreational and cultural offer of the city of Comayagua and the classification of the public spaces according to the administration type, are analyze in the article “Geospatial Distribution of the Public Spaces in the city of Comayagua, Honduras”, to know of the availability of the public spaces in the city of Comayagua. To reach the objective to analyze the distribution of public spaces for the territorial balance of cultural and recreational offer of the city of Comayagua, methodologically, we use the tools of geographic system information for analyzing the concentration and dispersion of the cultural, recreation and sport infrastructure in relation to the center of the city and to make a classification of the public spaces according by type of activity and the nature municipal public sector, central public sector, private, nonprofit and religious organization. Of the analysis of the maps we conclude that most part are sport installation, there are less appropriations of cultural installation. About the geospatial distribution, there are three tendencies, one, the location of sport installation is distributed throughout the city, the cultural installation is concentrate in the center of the city and third, the limited availability of parks and residential places where residents of a neighborhood to make their recreation.