Human Settlements in Former Salt Mines in Chicxulub and in the Dzilam Ecological Reserve, Yucatán
摘要
Administrative systems often artificially delineate the boundaries between nature and urban areas. In reality, urban and natural environments, such as cities and ecosystems, appear independent, yet they engage in deeply complex interactions. Each system is heterogeneous internally; city centers are significantly different from their outskirts, where the boundaries become blurred as spaces transition from urban to natural. These transitory spaces vividly depict the tensions between urban expansion and natural ecosystems.