Definición de zonas urbanizables y no urbanizables en función de las características geológicas y geotécnicas del área de expansión urbana de la ciudad de Loja, polígono 3

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Abstract: The present degree work was defined based on the urban growth in the city of Loja Ecuador, having as limitations the urban expansion unstable areas that have put at risk to the population, for which the spatial definition of urbanizable areas was carried out in depending on the geological and geotechnical characteristics of the Belén and Borja Bajo sector. HE carried out the cartographic survey to determine lithology, contacts and unstable zones. Geotechnical tests were carried out on samples collected in the study area, providing data on physical-mechanical properties of soils. They were elaborated maps of conditioning factors of slope movements and a susceptibility model using GIS technology. The geotechnical tests revealed soil characteristics, with varied admissible load capacities, by means of electrical resistivity tomography They identified saturated areas. And finally the urbanizable areas were defined and not developable according to the current construction regulations in the country (NEC)