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 contribution | Spatial inequalities of habitability in heritage cities. The application of monitoring indicators to the cities of San Gabriel and Sangolqui (Ecuador) |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 151-174 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Boletin de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles |
Volume | 2017 |
Issue number | 75 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Heritage city
- Habitability
- GIS
- Field work
- Indicators
- Ecuador
- Inhabitability