Identificación y diagnóstico de las áreas verdes urbanas de la ciudad de Machala

Abstract

Abstract: Thepresent work focuses on the green areas located in parks within an urban area. Unfortunately, many of these parks do not have adequate management or study of the elements they possess, as is the case in the city of Machala, province of El Oro. Therefore, this research focuses on evaluating the current state of urban green areas through a cause-effect matrix and, in this way, promotes the respective guidelines for the development of parks within the jurisdiction of this study area. To achieve this objective, a bibliographic review and on-site visits were carried out to determine the most representative characteristics of each of the parks, in order to categorize them and introduce them into a cause-effect matrix, which was subjected to an evaluation and to know the state in which each one is. The results obtained made it possible to determine the most critical elements within an urban park, thus highlighting that the regenerated parks are the most complete, allowing for tourism in the city.Keywords:Green areas, cause-effect matrix, evaluation.