The rural-urban interface, a territorial approach to the spatial fragmentation of urban sprawl

Povzetek

In the article influences of the urbanisation of outskirts of big cities in Mexico on natural environment as a whole and on individual elements thereof are analysed, in view of degra-dation as well as development factors. The so-called contact zone is hereby pointed out, including all its urbanisation changes. Conclusions are based on a qualitative evaluation and the so-called contact-spatial reclassification.