Guidelines for the Master Plan of Landscape Rehabilitation in the Heritage Center of the Jipijapa Canton

Abstract

The rapid urban growth of the Jipijapa canton of the Manabí province due to its constant dichotomy of its commercial and service activities of small and large companies caused its colonial architecture to change. This has physically, economically and environmentally deteriorated the dynamics of land use with different commercial activities that are gradually transforming the history of what was Jipijapa. This work selected a route where the houses that have been preserved by their owners are located from Simón Bolívar Street, Colon, Nueve de Octubre, which are located in the center of the canton and nearby houses on Parrales and Guales streets, Víctor Manuel Rendón and Rocafuerte, streets with great vehicular and pedestrian flow and with great commercial movement. For the preparation of the present work, techniques and methodology were used, including the observation of the heritage houses and their current state, surveys of the elderly, who keep memories of these heritage buildings. The objective is to establish the guidelines of the urban rehabilitation master plan, which allows to reactivate, enhance and take care of cultural landscapes and historical aspects, social, economic and recreational aspects where there is an environment accompanied by nature and the daily development of the human being advancing in synergy of the canton to establish new functions that are pleasant for the inhabitants and the environment, intervening critical points of the canton to trigger changes and renew areas.