Geographical factors in the urban evolution of the historical central area of the city of Tipitapa, Nicaragua 1946-2020

Abstract

This article is based on the author’s doctoral thesis, where the geographical factors that influenced the urban evolution of the historical central zone of the city of Tipitapa in the years 1946, 1969, 1996, 2000, 2018 and 2020 were identified. From the approach of geographic analysis, aided by the Geographic Information Systems, the description of land use, urban morphology, as well as the most representative natural and cultural elements of the urban structure, components of the urban landscape, is deepened. Type of qualitative research. The main results show that the geographic factors that influenced the development of the historical central zone of the city of Tipitapa are the strategic geographic location in relation to the northern and Pacific regions of Nicaragua, the relief, the location of industrial complexes, viability, commercial, agricultural and farming activities. As well as migration, for example, from the rural areas to the city.