La generación de centralidades comerciales y de servicios en el periurbano de Cuenca. Caso de estudio la parroquia Ricaurte

Abstract

This document analyzes the generation of commercial and service centralities in the peri-urban area of the Ricaurte parish of the city of Cuenca-Ecuador, classifying these centralities through the use of data on land uses obtained during the information gathering carried out by the Territorium research group in the years 2022 and 2023, providing a detailed description of the study area, delimiting it and dividing it into smaller spatial units for analysis. In addition to classifying their land uses, the location of their commercial and service activities and typologies through the count of uses, diversity and functional specialization, the Nelson index was used, which divides them into three levels of concentration: high, medium and low, highlighting the importance of a comprehensive approach to capture the variety of these activities and their influence on their development, demographic growth and distribution.