Sustainability of the neighborhood urban form: evaluation of twenty cases in Guayaquil-Ecuador
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https://doi.org/10.18537/est.v016.n031.a02Keywords:
urban form, sustainability, neighborhood unity, indicators, indexesAbstract
The study of sustainability emerges as a response to the fragmentation and deterioration of urban territories and natural habitats. The objective of this research is to analyse neighbourhood urban form through 20 cases in the city of Guayaquil. A bibliographic study on sustainable urban form is conducted, cases are selected based on geographic and morphological criteria, and field data are collected. Variables and indicators such as compactness, connectivity, green areas, and environmental quality are also selected. For the study, evaluation parameters were established, and through normalisation, neighbourhood sustainability indices were obtained. The results determined a greater influence of the variables of connectivity and green areas on neighbourhood sustainability levels. The article concludes by addressing the value of the proposed methodology in the search for a sustainable neighbourhood urban form that improves the population’s quality of life.
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