A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DESIGN ACTIVE, SAFE AND INCLUSIVE PARKS IN THE ANDEAN REGION OF ECUADOR

SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND ATTRACTIVE PARKS CAN OVERCOME GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. THE PROJECT WILL ACTIVELY COLLABORATE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CUENCA CITY COUNCIL IN CHARGE OF SOCIAL AND GENDER EQUITY PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPING THE MASTER PLAN OF PUBLIC SPACES. VARIOUS ACTORS WILL BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED, INCLUDING TEENAGE GIRLS LIVING IN THE PERIURBAN AREAS OF THE CITY AND THOSE FROM LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STRANGE. AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, CULTURALLY RELEVANT DATA WILL BE GENERATED ON HOW PARKS ARE USED AND SHOULD BE DESIGNED. THE METHODOLOGIES AND RESULTS WILL BE USED TO UPDATE THE CURRICULUMS OF THE UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE RESEARCH IS ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS OF SOCIETY. FINALLY, THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES USING PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION. THESE MILESTONES COULD REACH THE DESIRED IMPACT: "THE PARKS IN CUENCA-ECUADOR ARE SAFE, ATTRACTIVE, ACCESSIBLE AND PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AMONG ALL TEENAGERS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER, ETHNICITY OR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS."

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