Análisis de los servicios ambientales del ecosistema urbano del barrio La Vicentina

Abstract

This research covers the issue of territorial planning in urban ecosystems, it is developed in the neighborhood of The Vincentian Quito and analyzes the environmental services available in the industry, quality and distribution. The analysis of urban ecology concepts and principles of the Ecosystem Approach was conducted based. Main activities, information from several government agencies were collected, identified and conducted interviews with the strategic actors of the neighborhood and the quality of environmental services was assessed through surveys of the resident population. Fieldwork was conducted by dividing the district into six defined areas in order to analyze the population dynamics, physical and environmental conditions in different parts of the sector. This information allowed to define the distribution and quality of environmental services in various sectors. The results indicate that there are shortcomings in the availability of public spaces for recreation and management sector. These services in turn are part of the main needs in this urban space purely residential character. The information obtained allowed to raise territorial planning scenarios which suggest the necessary actions to maintain the sustainability of the urban ecosystem study.