Análisis de la ordenanza municipal de urbanismo, construcciones y ornato del cantón Loja y su aplicabilidad

Abstract

Abstract: This paper analyzes the Municipal Ordinance of Urbanism, Construction and Decoration of Loja Canton, and contrasts it with current planning and land use strategies. An Ordinance should aim at improving habitat conditions; however, in Loja there is evidence of buildings with problems that put the safety of their occupants at risk. This fact leads to the question: Is the Municipal Ordinance adequate to the current urban planning requirements? From an analysis of the concept, scope and structure of the Municipal Ordinance, and through the application of consistency and coherence indexes, strengths and weaknesses are identified, in order to subsequently formulate useful strategies, in accordance with the changes faced by cities in Ecuador and Latin America in general, where their accelerated growth constitutes a problem that puts at risk the minimum conditions of living. Finally, case studies are analyzed where the application of the ordinance is violated, and some final considerations are made, oriented to the territorial reformulation that can be applied in the city of Loja.