La urbanización en cuenca y su relación con el paisaje en las márgenes de los ríos, el caso del río Tomebamba

Abstract

In the last decades the accelerated process of urbanization has been a general problem worldwide, that has affected the landscape particularly to the rivers banksand and ravines that have lost great extensions of soil protection. This project seeks to build and help define urban design criteria on the banks on the Tomebamba River; this place is located to the northeast of the city of Cuenca, along the Ordoñez Lasso Avenue via the coast between Camino al Tejar and Los Cedros streets.

To this, as a starting point, a conceptual and reference framework is defined, in which the different interpretations of the man are analyzed in relation to the urbanization process and how it has affected the landscape through concepts and criteria associated to the urban development of the area To study in the last 25 years.

This background will be of help for the development of analyzes discussed in chapter two and three, and consequently in the definition of criteria to intervene in the riverbanks, that improve the spatial quality.