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Public space in Quito Ecuador. An innovative tool to employ the territorial development
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2016-06-01Registro en:
Gierhake, K., Fernandez Jardón, C. M. (2016). Public space in Quito Ecuador. An innovative tool to employ the territorial development. Visión de Futuro, Revista Científica. Posadas (Misiones): UNaM. FCE. APP; 20(1), 67-86.
1668 – 8708 (Versión en línea)
VF-180
Autor
Gierhake, Klaus
Fernandez Jardon, Carlos Maria
Institución
Resumen
The paper discusses the concept of public space implemented by the Quito Metropolitan District Municipality (MDMQ) 2009-2014 as a source of social capital and territorial cohesion. The findings show the concept is understand more broadly that urbanist tradition. The concept includes a traditional perspective, a dynamic perspective, an environmental perspective and a social perspective. Its introduction in local government was endowed with its own budget programs, ensuring the sustainability of a community policy. Public space is an instrument of sectoral coordination, whose interpretation as a transverse program helps new release to address existing scientific studies. Furthermore, public space is an instrument for ex post project evaluations, to bring the discussion of territorial cohesion to a tangible level of the population and the local administration and to discuss a territorial perspective of social capital.