Percepción y opinión de los ecuatorianos sobre la realidad socio ambiental nacional. Análisis de la Administración Zonal Calderón, cantón Quito, provincia de Pichincha

Abstract

The present work aims to show an approach to the perception and opinion of Ecuadorians on the national socio - environmental reality. For its development, a sample of 381 inhabitants of the rural parishes Calderón and Llano Chico, belonging to the Zonal Calderón Administration, Quito-Pichincha was taken. The sample consisted of people in the age range of 16-64 years, who were given a survey of 57 questions, grouped into seven topics: general data of the respondent, environment, water, markets, quality of life in cities, participation and democracy and equity. The answers obtained were tabulated and organized for analysis. With the results obtained, it was evidenced that in the Zonal Calderón Administration the population perceives as very important their relation with the environment and considers it a determining factor for their quality of life; In addition, the anthropogenic factors are recognized as the main cause of their deterioration, assuming as personal responsibility the contribution to the protection and conservation of the environment in its different elements