Transformaciones sociales y urbanas del entorno de los Mercados del Centro Histórico de Cuenca. Mercado 9 de Octubre y Mercado 10 de Agosto

Abstract

Street markets are public facilities that link commercial activities and cultural exchange, which interact with the urban fabric that they are a part of. Their historical and symbolic values ​​make them vulnerable to transformations that rethink the urban structure, as happens in the immediate surroundings of the “9 de Octubre” and “10 de Agosto” street markets, located in the historic hub of the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, where processes of gentrification, touristification, and commercial gentrification have taken place. In this context, the proposal here is to analyze the urban and social transformations of the last 50 years, using a mixed methodology with an exploratory approach, through observation, surveys, and interviews. In both case studies, the results showed that with the operation of these street markets, commercial activity increased in the respective areas which, together with other associated issues (insecurity, unhealthy conditions, informal trade), are the main triggers for the incremental displacement of the population.

Envolventes patrimoniales y percepción ciudadana. Una aproximación al caso del Centro Histórico de Cuenca

“…En el caso concreto de la dinámica material-patrimonio-ambiente, con la referencia al estudio de 35 fachadas de edificaciones patrimoniales realizado entre 2017 y 2018, existe evidencia de afecciones materiales por acción del medio y ser humano, lo cual ratifica la necesidad de complementar la comprensión de las afecciones generadas por ellos y su incidencia en la percepción ciudadana. Todavía no se ha explorado este tipo de aproximación, aunque existen investigaciones en cuanto a calidad del aire (emov ep, 2020), movilidad y espacios públicos (gad de Cuenca, 2015), movilidad, espacios públicos e inclusión (Albarracín et al, 2019), percepción de seguridad (Palacios-Jerves & Hermida-Palacios, 2021) o gentrificación, turistificación y gentrificación comercial (Briones-Orellana et al, 2021).…”

A Bridge with No Name: The Controversial Resignificance of Urban Architectural Heritage from a Gender Perspective in Cuenca (Ecuador)

“…Due to the scarcity of similar studies in both the city and the country, this position is of particular interest. On the contrary, there is a predominance of historicist [11,12], urban [13][14][15], architectural [16,17], anthropological [18,19], archaeological [20], mobility [21,22], participatory management [23,24], heritage management and public policy [25][26][27], and tourism [28][29][30] studies. In addition, studies related to the right to the city [31,32] have gained relevance in challenging the notion of the historic city.…”