El espacio público y el barrio. Diseño urbano adaptativo al cambio climático. Caso de estudio: Barrio San Cayetano Alto de la ciudad de Loja

Abstract

Abstract: This research work entails the study of the structuring of the San Cayetano Alto neighborhood and its importance in city planning and urban development.Thisis developed in three phases, first: compilation of analogous information to the case study, based in fitting bibliographic sources and parting from determining the applicable methodologies for the sector that allow to obtain the desired results; second: diagnostic phase of the neighborhood, with a methodology defined as Methodological strategies of urban analysis against climate change to establish the degree of susceptibility in the natural environment and the built environment, outline the existing problem, conditions and determinants that will serve for the design proposal; third: the urban-adaptive proposal, which will be based on the synthesis obtained from thediagnostic analysis stage focused on three main structures: environmental system, mobility system and public and recreational space system.The final proposal will be reflected in the development of a comprehensive project that promotes the connection of the neighborhood with the city, the transformation of vulnerable to adaptable spaces and its link with the environment.