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Cabrera Jara, Natasha Eulalia

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1981-06-14

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Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Universidad de Cuenca, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Cuenca, Ecuador

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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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    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.
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    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.
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    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.