Modelo de gestión para regular el uso y ocupación del suelo en zonas rurales del cantón Loja, parroquia Vilcabamba

Abstract

Abstract: Vilcabamba known as ¨Valle de la Longevidad¨, is a rural parish of the Loja canton that has gained fame for the high percentage of long-lived population, a fact that attracts national and foreign people, increasing the social demand for the land and causing the abandonment of productive areas, assigning them new uses and putting the population's food security at risk. Against this background, an evaluation of the planning instruments (PDOT) and management (Ordinance) was carried out, to determine their contribution to the protection of areas with agricultural vocation in a territory where only 8.51% of its surface belongs to the productive level and 33% of its economically active population is engaged in agricultural activities. The results obtained showed a contradiction between these two tools, for which a new management model is proposed based on the particularities of the territory and on the needs and aspirations of its population, with the purpose of improving their quality of life and allowing sustainability of agricultural activities in the areas that provide the conditions to do so.