Descripción socioeconómica del cantón Baños de Agua Santa de la Provincia de Tungurahua del Ecuador período 2010 - 2022

Abstract

Abstract: This research evaluates the socioeconomic situation of the Baños de Agua Santa canton during the period between 2010 and 2022, with a strict emphasis on its productive structure. The methodology employed is a non-experimental, cross-sectional, and predominantly quantitative design, based on a review of official statistics and provincial accounts. The data examined confirm a marked structural transition toward the tertiary sector, which relegates the primary and secondary sectors to support and economic subsistence functions. The population and occupational analysis reveals a high concentration of the workforce in the cantonal capital, subject to the seasonality of tourist demand and income fluctuations. It is deduced that local economic growth generates verifiable spatial asymmetries, which necessitates diversification and territorial planning policies based on numerical variables to improve social equity.