Las áreas verdes públicas de Camagüey; potencialidades para la educación ambiental/The public green areas of Camagüey, potentialities for environmental education

El estudio persigue determinar las potencialidades educativo ambientales de las areas verdes publicas de la ciudad de Camaguey, considerando su caracterizacion desde aspectos morfo-funcionales, socio-culturales y biologicos, con un enfoque ecosistemico. Se diseno y aplico una metodologia contextualizada a la unidad de estudio, que combina la seleccion por representatividad de la muestra, mediante un analisis de informacion geografica, la revision bibliografica y documental, la aplicacion de encuestas y entrevistas a funcionarios, directivos y pobladores, el inventario floristico, la evaluacion morfo-funcional y de la gestion institucional y social, asi como un estudio fenologico general del arbolado. Como resultado principal se presenta una valoracion de las potencialidades que poseen las areas verdes publicas, para desarrollar en los habitantes de Camaguey una vision mas extendida del papel de estos espacios en el equilibrio y armonia del sistema urbano y de la necesidad de un adecuado uso y gestion de los mismos./ The study aims to determine the educational environmental potentialities of the public green areas of the city of Camaguey, considering its characterization from morpho-functional, socio-cultural and biological aspects, with an ecosystemic approach. A methodology was designed and applied, contextualized to the unit of study, which combines the selection by representativeness of the sample, through an analysis of geographic information, the bibliographic and documentary review, the application of surveys and interviews with officials, managers and residents, the floristic inventory, the morpho-functional evaluation and of the institutional and social management, as well as a registry of the general phenological state of the trees. The main result is an assessment of the potentialities of public green areas, to develop in the inhabitants of Camaguey a more widespread view of the role of these spaces in the balance and harmony of the urban system and the need for proper use and management of them.