Modelo de usos de suelo para la gestión y administración municipal de áreas periféricas de la ciudad de Cuenca. Caso de estudio: área de influencia inmediata de la parroquia rural Ricaurte

Abstract

The rapid growth of cities worldwide has been a very important factor in their behavior. Therefore, both in the city and in rural areas strong territorial imbalances can be evidenced. Similarly, the city of Cuenca presents this transformation in its territory, which occurs in the spatial and morphological sphere, generating peripheral areas (transition zones), and also in the development of activities of the population. So that, a readjustment of peripheral areas is required in the needs and changes of land, in order to fit in with this new reality. Based on this approach, the behavior and transformation of land uses in immediate areas of influence were analyzed, taking the rural parish sector of Ricaurte as a case of study. The results obtained were key in the formulation of the Land Use Model for peripheral areas, considering that this will be a guiding instrument in future decision-making for these spaces, however, before the application of the model, a study of the place must be necessary. So that, what is presented in this model can be adjusted to the reality of any studied area.