Diseño urbano arquitectónico de infraestructura verde en la cabecera parroquial de Sinincay del Cantón Cuenca

Abstract

This project studies and implements Green Infrastructure strategies, as a response to the deficit of green public areas in urban fabricwhich are in consolidation process due to the fact that the accelerate growth of the cities in most cases causes loss of natural resources. Resulting on an urban spot lacking of hydrologic, ecologic and environmental services, causing its inhabitants do not have an adequate quality life. The green infrastructure is conceived as a net of green public areas whether urban or rural; besides, this net is interrelated with other nets just as the blue one and the no motorized transports. In first instance, the outstanding concepts and theories on green infrastructure are studied. Then, it is analyzed the green areas of the city of Cuenca, as a specific case. Consequently, a review is made on the outstanding cases, which employ strategies from the reviewed theory; these will provide intervention criteria applicable to the research field. Subsequently, the analysis of the intervention place is carried out, addressing three scales: the parochial, the head parochial, and the research area, which allows us to notice its needs, requirements, and potential. To finally develop the preliminary design of Green Infrastructure, which considers the different scales mentioned above; so, in this way it contributes to reducing the deficit of green areas in this sort of urban environments.