Browsing by Author "Osorio, Pablo"

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Methodology for the assessment of connectivity and comfort of urban rivers
(2019) Cabrera Campoverde, Stephanie Gabriela; Hermida Palacios, María Augusta; Cabrera Jara, Natasha Eulalia; Osorio, Pablo
Urban rivers differ from natural rivers because of the direct connection they have with human habitat. Furthermore, riverbanks are public spaces that contribute to the interaction between natural and urbanized areas and between people from different socioeconomic background. Due to this significance, the main objective of this research was to provide a methodology for the construction of a toolbox that evaluates connectivity and comfort of urban riverbanks, so as to allow comparative visual and numeric analysis between different zones of the same river, distinct rivers in the same city and rivers in various cities. The proposal was based on the disaggregation of the concepts of connectivity and comfort, through the analysis of four dimensions: (a) Spatial and visual accessibility, (b) Continuity of the green corridor, (c) Condition of public space, and (d) Condition of the first built line, expressed in thirteen quantitative condition indicators. For validation, the toolbox was applied to five zones of the Tomebamba River of the city of Cuenca in Ecuador and a series of maps were generated allowing spatial visualization of the results. In addition, an Urban River Sustainability Index (URSI) was developed to reinforce the decision-making processes in planning and urban design.
Participación ciudadana en la construcción de políticas públicas. Entre la realidad y la utopía
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2015-07) Salazar, Ana Cecilia; Osorio, Pablo; Astudillo, Karina; Mogrovejo, Isabel; Cumbe, Mónica
A first idea about the exercise of power concerns overcoming the limited vision of defining power as a relationship between two parties in which one party has dominion over the other. In reality, the exercise of power is more complex. The exercise of power corresponds to the mobilization of biases and strategies, which are often not obvious. This leads to the reduction of decision-making to only those topics that interest the ones with power. To unravel these procedures, we need to clarify the current power relations and determine the issues that are ‘questionable’ for those who are ‘indisputable’. Who exerts power creates social and political conditions for organizing participation schemes and achieving a legitimate dominion over the population. In the process of constructing public policies, we can identify citizen participation as a key element for the creation of a democracy of better quality. The new Ecuadorian legal framework, raised expectations about the possibility of involving people in this process. This paper aims to analyze the role played by the institutional framework to limit or promote citizen and citizen participation. Furthermore it aims to unravel the links between social agents, motivations, prejudices and stereotypes, such as emotional, cultural and social burdens that the citizen entails being involved in the participatory process.