Identificación y diagnóstico de áreas verdes urbanas de las administraciones zonales La Delicia y Calderón en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito

Abstract

Abstract:Currently, the public spaces take on greater importance in big cities; it is for this reason that the present work begins with definitions of several authors of what this concept entails, due to its role in the urban planning of cities. The urban green areas of the zonal administrations ;Delicia" and ;Calderon" of the DMQ were identified and it was possible to identify certain incompatibilities of information from the sources obtained. Likewise, a diagnosis was also made of 11 parks of the zonal administration "Delicia" and 8 parks of the "Calderon" administration, through a field inspection obtaining results that allowed to know the current infrastructure situation of each park, the percentage of coverage vegetal, common species found, and establish differences between the zonal administrations. The importance of knowing the opinion of the neighboring of the parks, allowed establish, the deficiencies that currently exist to be able to take corrective actions; and it was found, the insecurity and the lack of maintenance of the parks are the deficiencies that mostly coincide between the two zonal administrations.