Construcción de Regiones Funcionales en Ecuador para una mejor inversión territorial. Caso de estudio cantón Sozoranga

Abstract

Abstract: The present work seeks to identify and characterize the functional region in the Sozoranga canton, province of Loja, through the analysis of interconnection and spatial integration for a better territorial investment. The functional region is a territory structured by cities or centers minors, integrated by network infrastructures, on which functional flows of people, goods and services. In Ecuador, the central government allocates economic resources to local political administrative units (cantons) for their development without considering the regional dynamics. Decision makers invest and concentrate actions in the main cities and consequently, there is a concentration of well-being in the cantonal capital and deficit territorial indicators in rural areas, disintegration space of the territory. What is the functional region of Sozoranga that would allow optimizing the investment and territorial dynamics? The comprehensive analysis of the settlement system, the network infrastructures, relationship channels and production systems allows to identify territorial dynamics with their limitations and strengths; identify and characterize the dynamics regional. As a result, the delimitation and characterization of the functional region of Sozoranga and strategies are formulated for the consolidation of economic and social dynamics and for the best public investment.