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Hermida Palacios, María Augusta

Birth Date

1967-05-17

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0000-0003-1326-2723

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56868392300

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Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Universidad de Cuenca, Departamento de Espacio y Población, Grupo Ciudades Sustentables-LlactaLAB, Cuenca, Ecuador
Universidad de Cuenca, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Facultad de Arquitectura

La Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo creada como tal en 1961, se ha convertido en referente académico en Ecuador, dentro de su área de estudio, en educación pública de alta calidad con programas de grado y posgrado. La facultad es una instancia privilegiada en el desarrollo de saberes que configuran el mundo de la arquitectura y el urbanismo, basada en un modelo de gestión proactiva y ágil con mejora continua. Su cuerpo docente es altamente calificado para liderar procesos innovadores de enseñanza-aprendizaje e investigación, en actividades de vinculación y servicio en sectores público y comunitario, con énfasis en grupos vulnerables.

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Rectora de la Universidad de Cuenca (2021 - )

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Hermida Palacios

First Name

María Augusta

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La accesibilidad frente a distintas condiciones de movilidad
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2024) Bustos Piedra, Maria Elisa; Hermida Palacios, María Augusta; Cabrera Jara, Natasha Eulalia; Orellana Vintimilla, Daniel Augusto
Periurban urbanization and travel choice behaviour: problem or solution?
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2019) León Cabrera, Micaela Fabiana; Astudillo Salinas, Darwin Fabián; Hermida Palacios, María Augusta
In 21st century cities, an adequate urban design represents a great opportunity to reduce the number of trips and distances travelled. It is also known that improving city design and transportation networks could reduce carbon emissions more than replacing all fossil fuels with renewable energies. With this background, it seems fundamental to focus on the systemic relationship between urban forms and travel choices behaviours. In the case of the city of Cuenca (Ecuador,) in the last 5 years, more than 70 mono-functional urbanization and condos, many of them being gated-communities, have been built outside the urban limits. These form of urbanization is supported both by public and private promoters. Due to this situation, this research project seeks to determine the relationship between the location of these urbanizations and condos, with the travel choice behaviour of users. Geographic information systems, Q …
Casas y conjuntos. Vivienda social en Cuenca entre 1973 y 2014
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2021) Molina Toledo, Lisseth Cristina; Cabrera Jara, Natasha Eulalia; Hermida Palacios, María Augusta
Casas y Conjuntos presents the results of research on a substantive issue in Latin American cities: social housing. The reflexive proposal that guides this work, inquires about public housing policies, built projects, their impact on the city and on the quality of life of its inhabitants. In the book, the systemic complexity of the different aspects that affect government-produced housing and that, at the same time, unfold from it, are communicated with great lucidity. At the same time, the inescapable urgency to reformulate actions around social housing from a qualitative and sustainable perspective. As is usual in the investigations carried out by the LlactaLAB-Sustainable Cities Research Group, the exploration is carried out between scales, from the house to the city In this case, in addition, we seek to learn from a "project culture" from which we can extract and cultivate new learning. The publication, which as readers we have in hand, is undoubtedly a tool conceived from scientific rigor and contextual relevance, which favors a greater understanding of everyday residential environments in Cuenca. But, above all, it is a claim that transcends the local, and highlights the role of public housing as an element of urban, social and environmental transformation. Casas y Conjuntos skilfully weaves, through space and time, lessons and challenges that lead us to rethink the social habitat as a support for the development and care of life in our cities.
Cerca o lejos? Discursos y subjetividad en las relaciones entre el lugar de residencia y la movilidad
(2022) Hermida Palacios, María Augusta; Orellana Vintimilla, Daniel Augusto
The relationship between urban form and transport has been an important research topic in recent decades. However, the relationship between preferences of location and typology of residence and transportation modes has not been sufficiently studied in Latin America, despite being a determining factor of urban expansion patterns. In the present work, we investigate this relationship in the city of Cuenca (Ecuador) using the Q Methodology, a set of quantitative-qualitative techniques for the systematic analysis of subjectivity. We detected three predominant discourses characterising different perspectives: a) oriented to active mobility, b) oriented to public transport, and c) oriented to exclusivity and self-segregation. We expect that the present and further studies will contribute and inform public policies which address the diversity of perspectives of the population and enhance proximity relationships
Assessing sustainable urban densification using geographic information systems.
(2017) Orellana Castro, Daniel Alejandro; Cabrera Jara, Natasha Eulalia; Hermida Palacios, María Augusta
Facing the expansive growth of cities and the wasteful consumption of resources, cities must be measured in its immense complexity, and its parts and layers must be observed so as to assess its ability to support such pressures. Cities should look at themselves and define how far away they are from a sustainable model, which means a greater sense of community, mixed uses, higher densities, better public space, higher quality of life, less energy consume, among others. This paper presents a toolbox for assessing sustainable urban densification using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The toolbox uses spatial analysis and cartographic representation techniques to characterize and analyze the spatial distribution of a set of indicators using an orthogonal grid. The toolbox includes the automatic computation of 20 indicators of urban sustainability organized in four themes: compactness, diversity of uses, urban green, and socio-spatial integration. It also computes a Sustainable Urban Densification Index for each cell of the grid allowing to explore and discover spatial patterns of urban sustainability. The toolbox includes options for parameterization of both the indicators and the index, offering flexibility for adapting it to different realities and needs. These features allows the application of the toolbox for a wide variety of studies, such as comparative analysis of different cities or urban fabrics, monitoring of performance of urban policies, assessment of the impact of urban densification and urban sprawl, and future scenario evaluation. The toolbox is publicly available to researchers, practitioners, urban officials, technicians and students interested in urban sustainability. © International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development.
Challenges and opportunities of urban fabrics for sustainable planning in Cuenca (Ecuador)
(Institute of Physics Publishinghelen, 2019) Hermida Palacios, María Augusta; Cobo Torres, Andrea Daniela; Neira Orellana, Ana Carolina
In recent years attention has been given to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, causing climate change, without recognizing the importance of urban form. In Latin American cities, spatial dynamics, urban fabrics and territorial distribution, among others, are not always considered when plans are developed. The cities of Ecuador, particularly Cuenca, show processes of dispersion as a result of their own growth disconnected from urban centers, which is evidenced by the high rate of use of the private vehicle per capita and implies a high consumption of fossil energy and environmental pollution. Additionally, urban fabrics affect the functioning and social dynamics of a city and therefore have a direct relationship with planning. With this background, this project seeks to identify and categorize different urban fabrics in the city of Cuenca using a visual methodology that takes into account street and block patterns.
Historic relationship between urban dwellers and the Tomebamba River.
(2017) Neira, Mateo; Osorio Guerrero, Pablo Enrique; Hermida Palacios, María Augusta
Accessibility to water sources has played a decisive role in the location and growth of human settlements, fulfilling a key role in the historical development of cities, as in the case of Cuenca, where the Tomebamba River defined its foundation place. Recent urban development has weakened the relation between cities and their rivers, and it is urgent to rediscover the potential of rivers and their banks in the urban fabric, not only as generators of urban biodiversity, but as a public space that contributes to social resilience and builds urban identities. This paper studies the historic relationship between urban dwellers and the river, in 1.5 km of the Tomebamba River that runs in front of the Historical Centre of Cuenca, through uses and perceptions of its users. A series of semi-structured interviews were explored using discourse analysis, word frequency, and spatial visualization, to reveal perceptions associated with places and space morphologies, and how they have changed through time. The results shows that historical use of this city place was related to production and leisure, having a strong relation to the river as a water source, whereas now production is no longer related to the river; instead, newcomers have occupied the space, promoting new uses in the river margins, having little to no relation with the water, modifying landscape perceptions and building new urban identities. © International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development.
Effects of thermophysiological and non-thermal factors on outdoor thermal perceptions: the Tomebamba riverbanks case
(2018) Galindo Pazan, Erick Tomas; Hermida Palacios, María Augusta
Outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) is an indicator of urban-environmental sustainability. A better understanding of OTC requires exploring the effects of contextual, non-thermal and human-related factors on thermal sensation votes (TSV) in addition to the long-studied thermophysiological and microclimatic factors. In this research, the Socio-Ecological Model (SEM) structure was used for grouping thermophysiological and non-thermal factors in three environments: corporeal (level of physical activity, level of clothing, gender, age and skin tone), mental (perceived urban agreeability, perceived urban insecurity and perceived urban noise) and social (company, occupation and cultural background). Field surveys were performed in three representative weeks of the annual climate-type in Cuenca, Ecuador during the hottest month (January), a cooler month (July) and an intermediate month (April), surveying 2321 users of two urban sites located at representative areas of the Tomebamba riverbanks. Statistical descriptive analysis and inferential methods were employed for exploring the effect of these SEM factors on the TSV using the Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) calculated with RayMan1.2 from on-site measured data. The analytical results evidenced a low influence of all three SEM environments on the TSV. Additionally, differences in male and female OTC requirements were identified, and two local PET-TSV scales were calculated from (1) urban global radiation data and (2) mean radiant temperature, calculated according to ISO 7726 with Ø 150 mm black-globe-thermometer measurements. The main results show Acceptable Temperature Ranges (rTa) in Cuenca from 29 °C to 34 °C PET (1) and from 26 °C to 37 °C PET (2), for 85% acceptability.
Evaluando la sustentabilidad de la densificación urbana. Indicadores para el caso de Cuenca (Ecuador)
(2015) Cabrera Jara, Natasha Eulalia; Orellana Vintimilla, Daniel Augusto; Hermida Palacios, María Augusta; Osorio Guerrero, Pablo Enrique
Este artículo explica el proceso de generación de un sistema de indicadores que miden la sustentabilidad urbana en ciudades ecuatorianas. La propuesta aborda dos puntos críticos: a) la importancia de construir un sistema de indicadores que recoja la complejidad de la ciudad y pueda condensarse en un índice sintético, y b) la necesidad de mostrar la dimensión espacial de los resultados para comparar diversos tejidos urbanos. La metodología empleada se resume en: 1) construcción de un sistema de indicadores, 2) selección de un área piloto de estudio, 3) levantamiento de información primaria y secundaria, e 4) implementación del modelo de evaluación. El sistema de indicadores fue aplicado en una zona en proceso de consolidación en la ciudad de Cuenca, Ecuador, para evaluar las potencialidades y limitaciones de la metodología.
Ciudad es decir ciudad. LlactaCamp 2.0: la ciudad como proceso
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2015) Hermida Palacios, María Augusta