Hacia la configuración de un sistema de asentamientos que propicie la equidad territorial en la zona de planificación 6-Austro

Abstract

Centralism and exclusion that has characterized the Ecuadorian State, has generated strong regional imbalances, in this context, a diagnosis of the current system of settlements is made in Zone 6 (Azuay, Cañar and Morona Santiago), which analyze the villages and their attributes and the relationship channels and infrastructure, to try to establish the determining factors of the settlement system and its problems and potentials. The objective of this paper is to present a proposal to set up an optimal settlements system in order to configure a balanced territorial model, considering the diagnosis of other territorial systems posed by the National Secretariat of Planning and Development - SENPLADES - in Zone 6 Agenda 2009 – 2013. The methodology known as FURD (Urban Functions for Rural Development) is considered in order to develop the proposal; this methodology is based on the concept of functional integration of spatial development. The proposal includes several recommendations for territorial integration, based on a hierarchically organized settlements system under the consideration that in a region with a decentralized system of central places well articulated and integrated, the population living in settlements of different sizes and functional characteristics, or near them, has easy access to essential items, goods and services and more diversified functions located in larger cities.