Aplicación de metodologías para la identificación y mapeo de asentamientos precarios en las parroquias urbanas de la ciudad de Loja

Abstract

The research addresses the analysis and application of methodologies for the identification of precarious settlements, with the aim of applying them in two of the urban parishes of the city of Loja. To this end, the Methodological Manual "Methodology for Identifying Precarious Settlements in Urban Areas: A Case Study in Some Settlements of Asunción and the Central Department" and the methodology proposed by the Latin American and Caribbean Center for Demography (CELADE) are analyzed, the latter being the one applied in the parishes of Loja; The methodologies work with census variables, which, after being identified and applied in the study area, are classified by concentration ranges, thus determining possible precarious settlements by means of cartographic maps. Once the methodological application has been carried out, this paper presents a contrast between the results of the CELADE methodology and the information on informal settlements presented by the Municipality of Loja, given that the available census database differs by 13 years from the present.