El uso de los sistemas de información geográfica de participación pública: una propuesta para su incorporación en la planificación territorial. Caso de estudio ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

In Ecuador, citizen participation gains strength in the territorial ordering processes from the development of the new Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador in Montecristi, 2008, which together with the Organic Code of Territorial Organization, Autonomy and Decentralization (COOTAD) and the Organic Code of Planning and Public Finance (COPFP), both in 2010, delegate the competence of the development of Plans (PDOT) to the Decentralized Autonomous Governments (GAD) of the country, at all levels of Government, that is, provincial, cantonal and parochial, considering citizen participation in its development. However, participation in Ecuador is informative, but it does not promote active participation in all land use planning processes. In this context, the document presents strategies that seek to further involve citizens in decision-making in their territory, as a case study in the city of Cuenca, making use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), through the incorporation of Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS). For this reason, to propose these strategies, questionnaires, interviews and surveys have been carried out with experts and non-experts, resulting in three work approaches: include, promote and disseminate