Articulation between centralities: Primero de Mayo and TUM case, Portoviejo

Abstract

Centralities are urban spaces that, due to their wide diversity of supply of public and private services from all sectors, provision of diversity of products, road infrastructure, and urban equipment, have the capacity to cover all the needs and expectations of the inhabitant, without requiring displacement to other places. In this context, the analysis of the urban articulation between the Primero de Mayo and Technical University of Manabí centralities in Ecuador is proposed, based on the citizen's perception approach according to road connectivity, commercial activities and urban facilities. The research is descriptive, non-experimental and cross-sectional, with a non-probabilistic convenience. It was found that road connectivity is perceived as good and that mobility preferences are due to taking less travel time and avoiding routes with a lot of vehicular activity, the private vehicle being the most used means. Regarding the commercial activity, it is considered positive, and the urban facilities between good and regular, making use mostly of public green spaces, also finding that sports centers are not enough, and that there is no presence of cultural centers. It is concluded that road connectivity must be planned recognizing the axiological needs of the various road users, that commercial activities should be improved by seeking the professionalization of the owners of establishments, and that it is necessary to promote the creation of cultural spaces aligned to the needs and customs of the inhabitants of the centralities under study, all this to achieve that these centralities have the capacity to guarantee the quality of life and a greater integrality where the protagonist is the inhabitant.