El uso de los espacios públicos ambientales en la integración socio -familiar de los habitantes de Machala

Abstract

The public space of environmental character has traditionally been characterized as an element that enables the sustainability of cities in the ecological and harmonious level, at the same time the free enjoyment without limitations, to share and interact with people of different social conditions. However, public spaces in the city of Machala are scarce and not very ecological, whose infrastructure is considered neglected and without adequate maintenance.This work has been developed as part of an integrative project within the framework of the research guidelines of the Sociology program taught at the Technical University of Machala. Therefore, the central problem of the study has been identified as How do environmental public spaces contribute to the social and family integration of the inhabitants of Machala whose general objective is to establish the contribution of environmental public spaces to social and socio-environmental integration that characterize the existing recreational areas in the city, on the other hand, it has specific objectives that consist of identifying the characteristics of environmental public spaces in the city of Machala, to know the citizen's opinion about the importance of environmental public spaces in the city; to determine the deficit of environmental public spaces in the city of Machala in relation to its population density, to identify the contribution of municipal management to the generation of environmental public spaces in the city of Machala. It should be noted that the study is based on sociological foundations such as structural-functional theory, which focuses on a system made up of various subsystems and elements, each of which plays a specific role and forms part of the whole within social structures, and which considers society as a complex system that works together to achieve social harmony, and environmental sociology, which adopts a realistic approach based on the study of the environment. Consequently, the methodology applied in the study is quantitative, since techniques such as observation, survey and interview with their respective instruments were used for the collection of information, the results of which were analyzed and presented in statistical tables which are intended precisely for the testing of hypotheses based on numerical measurements and the determination of the behavior of a population. Based on the results, it is considered appropriate to develop an intervention proposal under the title. Awareness program on care and conservation of public spaces to the users of these recreational places. For this purpose, educational workshops will be conducted with the participation of trained people oriented to the different users of the city of Machala, due to the neglect of public spaces and the lack of participation in their maintenance, so it is considered necessary to undertake the corresponding actions in order to promote environmental education and find a solution to this problem that affects the Machala community.