Percepción y opinión pública de los ecuatorianos sobre la realidad socio ambiental nacional Análisis de la cabecera cantonal Catamayo /

Abstract

Perception is understood as something that captures through the senses and that conditions what can reach a specific mood, where the level of information for the vital importance of its analysis and interpretation. Under this background the following work sought to know the perception of the citizens of the cantonal head of Catamayo, province of Loja regarding the local socio-environmental reality in terms of environment, water, market, quality of life, citizen participation and gender equity. To this end, a survey was applied to 379 people over 18 years old randomly selected in rural and urban sectors. The results suggest that the majority of respondents consider the environment important, the quality of water remains the same, the products sold in the market, as well as employment in the city. Regarding participation and democracy, the majority of respondents do not know about this power, while issues of gender equality consider that reality still exists between men and women. Keywords: environment; quality of life; Catamayo; socio-environmental conflicts; equity; citizen participation; perception.