INTEGRATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN URBAN PLANNING PROCESSES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF CUENCA, ECUADOR

SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE RECOGNIZES THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (PPGIS) CONSTITUTE INNOVATIVE TOOLS TO STRENGTHEN CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN URBAN PLANNING. IN VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS, THESE TOOLS HAVE BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY URBAN PROBLEMS, MAP CITIZEN PERCEPTIONS AND SUPPORT MORE INCLUSIVE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES. HOWEVER, A GAAP PERSISTS IN THE LITERATURE REGARDING ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN CITIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 11 (SDG 11), AIMED AT GENERATING MORE INCLUSIVE, SAFE, RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES. ADDRESSING THIS GAP IS FUNDAMENTAL FOR CITIES TO EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE SOLUTION OF CHALLENGES SUCH AS DISORDERED URBAN EXPANSION, THE INCREASE IN POVERTY, THE RISE OF LAND, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND OTHER PROBLEMS THAT EVIDENCE LIMITATIONS IN THE MECHANISMS OF URBAN PLANNING, AS HAPPENS IN THE CASE OF CUENCA, ECUADOR. CONSEQUENTLY, THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY FOR INTEGRATION OF PPGIS IN URBAN PLANNING THAT FACILITATES AND OPTIMIZES THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF DATA, IN ORDER TO FORMULATE EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES AIMED AT THE FULFILLMENT OF SDG 11 IN CUENCA. TO ACHIEVE IT, A MIXED APPROACH IS PROPOSED, APPLYING STRUCTURED SURVEYS AND OPEN QUESTIONS USING ARCGIS SURVEY123, WITH SIMPLE RANDOM PROBABILISTIC SAMPLING COMPLEMENTED WITH VOLUNTARY SAMPLING. THE DATA WILL BE ANALYZED USING SPATIAL AND QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES, WILL BE REPRESENTED IN AN INTERACTIVE WEB VIEWER AND WILL BE SYSTEMATIZED IN A POLICY PAPER AS AN INPUT FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING.

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