Revista Científica Interdisciplinaria Investigación y Saberes

2022, Vol. 12, No. 2 e-ISSN: 1390-8146

Published by: Luis Vargas Torres Technical University

How to cite this article (APA): Gómez, E. (2022) Efficiency of urban mobility in La Troncal canton using

Sistemas de indicadores de Sostenibilidad Urbana del cantón La Libertad

Nathyn Victor Collins Ventura

Mgtr. Nathyn Collins Ventura. Santa Elena Peninsula State University. Salinas, Ecuador, collinsnat_17@live.com ORCID: 0000-0003-3775-3439

The objective of the research is to design a model of urban sustainability

indicators to strengthen the local development of the canton of La

Libertad; urban sustainability indicators have been seen as signals that

mark the progress of the achievement of the objectives and goals set in

model MSUCLL - 2021, is a model determined in relation to the criteria

determined in the research, thus allowing the improvement of critical

factors that affect urban sustainability; it includes 4 axes: compactness

and functionality, urban complexity, efficiency, and social cohesion.

Keywords: compactness, urban complexity, local development,

unsustainability, urban sustainability.

Resumen

El objetivo de la investigación es diseñar un modelo de indicadores de

sostenibilidad urbana que permita fortalecer el desarrollo local del

se consideró una población 48671 que corresponden al número de

habitantes del cantón de La Libertad entre edades de 20 a 64 años,

en los que se selección una muestra de 356 personas. El modelo

propuesto MSUCLL – 2021, es un modelo determinado en relación a los

criterios determinados en la investigación, permitiendo así mejorar

factores críticos que afectan a la sostenibilidad urbana; incluye 4 ejes:

compacidad y funcionalidad, complejidad urbana, eficiencia, y

cohesión social.

Palabras clave: compacidad, complejidad urbana, desarrollo local,

insostenibilidad, sostenibilidad urbana.

Introduction

According to Gambarota, (2019) Sustainability is focused within the

interaction of environmental, economic and social objectives, its principles are

required to be specified through indicators and indexes that allow evaluating

development of cities around the world, especially in developing country

settlements. In recent decades, the question of the capacity of cities to improve

and maintain adequate conditions for the habitability of their present and

future citizens has been highlighted.

Sustainable development is conceived as a process that can define the path

towards a rational model that emphasizes the importance of satisfying the

essential needs of those who have the least, without compromising the balance

of natural resources. Under this approach, the economic and environmental

variables must be complemented by an equity variable that emphasizes

quality of life indicators.

interaction between natural and urban ecosystems.

Unsustainability is an obligatory topic of reflection at the present time on the

planet, where the great challenges to be faced are marked by climate

change, population growth and accelerated urbanization, the consequences of

which go hand in hand with irrational consumption of resources, pollution,

inequality and poverty. In Latin America, this situation is reflected in

discontinuous urban growth, poor peripheries, low densities, deficits in

infrastructure and services, among other factors that have been considered

triggers of socio-environmental and health problems for its population; facts

that demand to be addressed through more comprehensive planning processes

that include sustainability criteria and measurement mechanisms such as

environment, population and economy prevails; however, this model proposes

its actions at a smaller scale level such as the neighborhood. The latter being

the preferred sphere of action because it is considered the basic territorial

unit in the city, where sustainable proposals will have a greater chance of

being applied and appropriated by its inhabitants, generating a greater

impact on the city.

The implementation of these public policies in the canton of La Libertad

requires instruments, methodologies, tools and instances of coordination,

information and strategies for their adequate execution, as indicated in the

reference guiding document. It is evident then to highlight, that among the

implementation of Local Agenda 21 in rural and urban communities of

Ecuador.

For Quiroga, (2019) urban sustainability is supported by five pillars:

compactness, complexity, energy efficiency, social cohesion and governance;

it refers to the Mediterranean compact and sustainable city that fits the

sustainable city model. Model in which the systemic approach of the

relationship between city and environment prevails, as well as its components:

territory, environment, population and economy; however, this model proposes

its actions at a smaller scale level such as the neighborhood.

According to Borja, (2019) states that urbanism must be balanced and

general and necessary criteria that will serve as references for the selection

of the final set of indicators:

Sensitive: Indicators must be adapted to the level of aggregation of the

analysis of the system under study; for this reason, it is essential that these

process aimed at creating conditions of economic and social progress for the

entire community, with the real participation of its stakeholders in improving

their standard of living.

environmental setting for the conservation of the territorial productive system.

Therefore, participation is considered as a process in which the community

commits itself to the transformation of its own reality and assumes the tasks

that correspond to it. Local development as a process is of great importance

Therefore, it has the necessary elements to carry out this improvement of space

and society of which it has been made protagonist, with the need to involve

global actors as well as local agents and population.

This method made it possible to draw a conclusion from the study variables in

order to identify the critical factors related to sustainable development, and

This method made it possible to analyze data obtained in the field research,

starting from an exhaustive analysis of the study variables by measuring urban

through the determination of factors related to local development.

The sample size is 356 people to survey in order to know in depth about the

object of study, with a confidence level of 95%, a margin of error of 5%, and

Probabilistic sampling was used, through systematic sampling, in which a

database was used to obtain the people to be surveyed, using an Excel

function to determine the person to be surveyed, and then a pattern was used

adequate degree of compactness are proposed to allow a rapprochement

between urban uses and functions, which configures an adequate public space

and generates an idea of the city.

Corrected

compactness

Corrected compactness values

between 10 - 50 meters (living

m2/inhabitant).

200 x 200

m2

Source: Own elaboration with data from the Gad of La Libertad canton.

It is important that the canton of La Libertad does not encourage the growth

citizen such as: leisure, tranquility and contact with the green; in this area, the

corrected compactness becomes a fundamental indicator to determine the

balance between urban compression and decompression.

Table 2. Indicators of public space and control of environmental variables

Source: Own elaboration with data from the Gad of La Libertad canton.

space, thus generating accessibility for all groups, including those with reduced

mobility.

Proximity and

provision of

bicycle

from the network of bicycle lanes. As for bicycles, it is recommended that their

parking should be located in different parts of the city to ensure their safety.

For this purpose, the creation of a network of basic roads connecting the entire

urban fabric is conditioned; these roads will be distributed into: roads for

transit vehicles and roads for public transport.

By analyzing the urban complexity of the canton of La Libertad to know the

level of multifunctionality of a territory, this way there is a better approach

and proximity man/activity. First floor activities are fundamental for attracting

perception of safety. Measuring the degree of knowledge of an urban system

is fundamental for the generation of new activities that are considered as the