Intervención urbana en espacios públicos residuales de la ciudad de Loja mediante la aplicación del método Soparc. Caso de estudio: área consolidada de la parroquia urbana San Sebastián

Abstract

Abstract:Town planning is responsible for studying the cities taking into account an holistic view where the urban systems will be organized for the man s role, which allows us to watch there are several public spaces in the cities, that being geographic places facilitate the possibility of residence, government, transformation and a whole level of exchanges, the same that are occupied for a population that always need suitable conditions of life. In this context, in Loja city also appear public spaces, nevertheless the residual public spaces call the attention for some socio-cultural reasons that cause the city s image damage. Then after identifying the residual public spaces through a field study in San Sebastián parish of Loja city. SOPARC method (System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities) is applied to properly collect information about physical activities of a pedestrian and characteristics from this places to register them in the correct form. The SOPARC method identifying variables to recover the residual public spaces through the application of lineal and no lineal designs, which will enable to include such spaces into the urban system of Loja city.