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

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.