Diseño de espacios de barrios en la ciudad de Cuenca con indicadores sustentables para mejorar las condiciones de movilidad

Abstract

The application of international sustainability indicators in our environment reveals a considerable gap between the requirements set out in the evaluation and the existing context, because these indicators were built on the basis of the reality of another region, with particular characteristics that are alien to our context. In this sense, the present research intends to develop a set of strategies that will allow mobility sustainability indicators to be effectively applied in the neighborhoods of the city of Cuenca. To this end, three international certifications are analyzed: LEED-ND, BREEAM and CASBEE-UD. Through the analysis of two case studies, La Campiña (private) and Miraflores (governmental), the current conditions regarding mobility in the neighborhoods are known, in view of the accelerated and dispersed growth of residential areas in the peripheries of the city. By making a comparison, the convergences and divergences in the evaluation of the indicators of the mentioned certifications are made visible. The study concludes with the development of 21 strategies based on the identification of problems generated from the evaluation of indicators; these strategies, in addition to being constituted in attention to three categories: planning, management and design, have the objective of directing the consolidation of neighborhoods towards sustainable development, contributing to the improvement of the city and orienting the processes of planning and management of the neighborhoods.