Modelo cartográfico integrado del inventario de los pasivos ambientales en la región minera de Santa Lucía, Cuba

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Abstract

The inventories of environmental liabilities in mining regions of Cuba have not been addressed by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the estimation of possible negative impacts. The work is aimed at developing an Integrated Cartographic Model (MCI) of Environmental Liabilities (EL) in the mining region of Santa Lucía according to its spatial distribution and general characteristics to evaluate its effects on the components of the environment. The classification and the new theoretical references of the PAs for the region under study are considered. The geological methodof irregular itineraries is used in three subregions of the study area for the mapping and GIS of the liabilities from a spatial data infrastructure platform supported by ArcGIS. Theoretical methods were used, such as historical-logical analysis and the systemic approach. As empirical methods,
documentary analysis was used. An inventory of 62 ELs is reported, broken down into 16 mining liabilities, 31 chemicals, seven sanitary, five technological, and three agroforestry. The Integrated Cartographic Model developed guarantees the correlation with the geology, the hydrographic network, the tectonics and the ecosystems exposed to potentially toxic elements (PTE).