PROPUESTA DE UN MÁSTER PLAN DE SOPORTALES PARA FOMENTAR LA CONECTIVIDAD DEL RECORRIDO PEATONAL EN EL CASCO HISTORICO DE LA CIUDAD DE GUAYAQUIL

Abstract

THE CITY OF GUAYAQUIL, SPECIFICALLY THE CITY CENTER, HAS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY THAT OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN BY THE MAJOTITY OF ITS CITIZENS AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN HOW GUAYAQUILEÑOS TREAT THE DIFFERENT EXISTING SPACES; AS ARE THE CITY ARCADES, CURRENTLY, THE PORTICOES OF THE HISTORIC CENTER ARE GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME; MOST CITIZENS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE THAT EXISTS IN THE CITY, FOR THAT REASON THEY NEGLECT THE SOPORTALES USING THEM IN AN INAPPROPIATE WAY OR SIMPLY NOT TAKING CARE OF THEM; ADDING TO THAT, THE PROBLEM OF LACK OF PUBLIC SPACES AND GREEN AREAS IN THE CITY CENTER. IN THIS WAY, THE STUDY OF SOPORTALES AND THE CREATION OF CRITERIA THATH PROVIDE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING SPACES COULD BE CARRIED OUT. ALL THIS WITH THE USE OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE TOOLS THAT ALLOW US TO KNOW THE NEEDS OF CITIZENS. BASED ON THIS, THE CONNECTIVITY PROPOSAL OF SOPORTALES IS SUPPORTED, THROUGH THE CREATION OF SQUARES AND PEDESTRIAN STREETS THAT FAVOR THE CITIZENS, COMMERCE AND TOURISM OF THE CITY; AS WELL AS MANAGING TO CHANGE THE URBAN IMAGE OF THE CITY OF GUAYAQUIL.