Desigualdades espaciales de habitabilidad en ciudades patrimoniales. Aplicación de indicadores de seguimiento a las ciudades de san gabriel y sangolqui (Ecuador)

Translated title of the contribution: Spatial inequalities of habitability in heritage cities. The application of monitoring indicators to the cities of San Gabriel and Sangolqui (Ecuador)

Elena Usobiaga Ferrer, Olga De Cos Guerra, Ángela De Meer Lecha-Marzo

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Abstract

This article, contextualized in Ecuadorian cities of great historical value, raises the need to reconcile the protection of cultural heritage with the essential guarantee of habitability adequate conditions. To do this, a methodology for habitability study is developed. It serves to select the most suitable variables or indicators for habitability understanding and its subsequent urban treatment. In doing so, it answer to the conflict among heritage preservation and urban intervention for the improvement of population living conditions.

Translated title of the contributionSpatial inequalities of habitability in heritage cities. The application of monitoring indicators to the cities of San Gabriel and Sangolqui (Ecuador)
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)151-174
Number of pages24
JournalBoletin de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles
Volume2017
Issue number75
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Heritage city
  • Habitability
  • GIS
  • Field work
  • Indicators
  • Ecuador
  • Inhabitability

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