Evaluación de los impactos sociales del proyecto de desarrollo Parque Ecológico Itocruz, ejecutado en la parroquia Turi cantón Cuenca, provincia del Azuay

Abstract

Abstract: The thesis entitled Evaluation of the Social Impacts from Ictocruz Ecological Park Development project has been carried out in the Turi parish, Cuenca Canton, Azuay province , which was conducted by the Foundation El Barranco of the Cuenca s municipality. This research work had as objective to evaluate the social impact from project mentioned above and to identify the results, through the gathering of information in the social, economic and environment fields; as well as, identifying and managing the possible adverse impacts and maximizing the benefits from project. For the study, the qualitative descriptive methodology non- experimental called Social Return on Investments (SROI) was used, which allowed to collect information through a survey to be able to know the impacts. The results of the surveys showed that in the social field, it generated recreational activities and encouraged the practice of sports, in the economic sphere, the capital gain and economy from sector improved, and finally, in the environmental field, the flora and fauna were recovered, assuring the environment sustainability from zone and the restauration from soil, promoting significantly to the life s quality of the inhabitants from sector.