Políticas públicas para la regularización, legalización y reubicación de asentamientos informales en el cantón El Carmen

Abstract

Abstract: Accelerated urban growth and the lack of territorial planning aimed at the sustainable development of the population of El Carmen, a canton in the province of Manabí, have generated various problems at the territorial level, including the proliferation of informal settlements. For decades, the Municipal GAD of El Carmen has faced this problem through the formulation of public policies aimed at the regularization, legalization and relocation of these settlements, as established in the Development and Territorial Planning Plans (PDOT) of the periods 2015, 2019 and 2023. However, it has not yet been successful in the implementation phase. Currently, there are 26 informal settlements that comprise 1,200 lots of land belonging to the Municipal GAD. This research is based on the habitability diagnosis of informal settlements, as well as an analysis of public policies formulated in the PDOTs. A documentary review of the officially registered municipal ordinances is included, which serve as mechanisms for their implementation. Based on this, a structure and procedure is proposed to follow for the design of a public policy focused on new human settlements.