Predecir la gentrificación en el Centro Histórico de una ciudad patrimonio: caso de estudio Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

Gentrification is an urban phenomenon that displaces the original inhabitants of a neighborhood due to regenera-tion processes. In this analysis carried out in the historic center of the heritage city of Cuenca, the beginning of the process does not necessarily respond to a significant transformation of the architecture. It has been proven that the phenomenon arises invisibly due to changes in the demographic composition of the neighborhood. The methodol-ogy of this research requires the correlation of census data for each minimum applicable unit known as a block. This information is contrasted with historical photographs available on the Google platform. The significant contribution to the concept of gentrification results in a method that allows identifying and predicting the phenomenon, more important than its visual-late diagnosis.