Defining Tourism Potential Through Territorial Mapping Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Case Study: Municipality of Garagoa, Colombia
VOLUME 21, 2024
The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review
VOLUME 6, 2023
Tannia Álvarez Meneses , Jorge Enrique Gamba Niño , Yina Catalina Carrero Cuervo
Abstract
The municipality of Garagoa, in the province of Neira, department of Boyacá, Colombia, possesses natural, cultural, and gastronomic resources that have not yet been transformed into a coherent and consolidated tourism offer. This research sought to define the municipality's tourism potential based on an inventory of tourist attractions and territorial mapping through Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The study adopted a documentary approach based on secondary institutional sources, complemented by cartographic analysis and multi-criteria weighting across five territorial environments: attractions, accessibility, infrastructure, perception, and disaster risk management. The results indicate that Garagoa, Chinavita, and Macanal hold the greatest tourism potential in the province, with attractions of regional, national, and international appeal, although considerable gaps were identified in infrastructure and territorial information. The territory has real foundations to move towards sustainable and diversified tourism products, but this progress depends on stronger local planning and greater community involvement in the process.
Keywords :
Tourism potential; Geographic Information Systems; multi-criteria analysis; sustainable tourism planning; Garagoa; Tenza Valley..
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Abstract
Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords :
Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty