Metodología para abordar el "sistema población y actividades económicas" en los planes de desarrollo y ordenamiento territorial. Aplicación en el cantón Cuenca

Abstract

The thesis research consists of four chapters: First, context, discusses population trends and economic situation in Ecuador leading to rethink the relationship between population, economy and territory, as part of a new development scheme and a legal framework aimed at the construction of a social economic system inclusive and supportive and committed to changing the production model. The second, theoretical framework, analyzes the territory as a polysemic concept, incorporates input from classical and neoclassical economic thought to define the territory and the support of economic activities, but also their influence over the territory in permanent creation and recreation by the population. The Population and Economic Activities System is understood from the interaction between the economy, population and territory, whose analysis demands a methodology that recognizes this dynamic and nonlinear interaction. The third, methodological framework, provides a set of guiding elements of the analysis of Population and Economic Activities System from strategic and systemic approach, incorporating the proposed approach as complementary element chain. Methodological structure is presented from components, phases, macroactividades and tools for application, recognizing the national, local and new theoretical elements context. The fourth, methodological validation, presents results of interviews with actors Cuenca Canton, involved in territorial planning to draw conclusions about the relevance, importance and rationale of the proposed methodological framework.