Evaluación de la sostenibilidad urbana del Cantón La Maná, mediante el uso de indicadores sociales, económicos y ambientales

Abstract

The study was carried out with the purpose of evaluating urban sustainability through the use of social, economic and environmental indicators in the urban area of ​​La Maná canton in order to know the shortcomings in the scope of sustainability. The research is descriptive and exploratory, with a mixed approach, the primary sources were taken in-situ and documentary information (PDOT and INEC), while the secondary information was through bibliographic information, a baseline was preliminarily made where surveys were applied to a sample of 376 citizens, later 47 indicators divided into 4 axes and seven surroundings were evaluated, and at the end a matrix of strategies was proposed. The results regarding citizen perception showed that citizens do not have knowledge about the issue of environmental sustainability and are still reluctant to receive informative training on the subject. The 47 indicators divided into four axes showed for: E1 6.94%; E:2 4.69%; E3: 13.29%; E4 12.50%. The total of all the axes reached a score of 155 points (37.52%), which according to the qualification equivalence is in the INSUFFICIENT range (25-49%), these results showed that the evaluated area does not present urban sustainability, for which 32 strategies are derived aimed at improving the problems encountered. It is concluded that in the La Maná canton, due to political, territorial, es and cultural factors, there is no social, economic and environmental sustainability that allows reaching the categories of sustainable urban city.