Incidencia de la cobertura de servicios básicos en el desarrollo comunitario de la Ciudadela El Arenal de Machala

Abstract

Basic services are considered fundamental resources for a good quality of life, the supply of drinking water, sewerage and solid waste collection guarantee a healthy environment for good living. In the private citadel El Arenal in the city of Machala, there is a deficit in the coverage of these basic needs, because it was founded as a private sector, and whose social actions have had to be taken by local leaders, who. they do not manage efficiently, which affected community development in the population. Therefore, this project was designed for academic purposes, it was developed under the research parameters of the sociology career of the Technical University of Machala, for which purpose the following central problem was formulated that brings together the general problem: How does coverage affect of basic services in the community development of the El Arenal citadel of the city of Machala and as a general objective it was raised, Identify the incidence of basic services coverage in the community development of the El Arenal citadel in the city of Machala. This study is based on the hypothetical-deductive epistemological approach, the scope of the research is descriptive and its design is not experimental. The methodology is mixed, since instruments were used. The sociological approach used is the functional-structural one, which has as its study the structure of a society and the functions that each individual performs to satisfy the needs of a society, and is the basis of the research, as well as in the elaboration of the proposal. integrative. The results of the investigation determined that there is a deficient supply of coverage and quality of basic services to the entire citadel, which generates little family development. The participation of the residents is weak, consequently the community organization is fragile, this lack of empowerment of the citizens of the sector has given way to managers making decisions that are later rejected by the same inhabitants of the sector. Therefore, for the integrating proposal of the project, the realization of a Strengthening Plan for the organizational process of the citadel El Arenal de Machala was proposed, where its objective is focused on motivating and training the inhabitants of the citadel to empower the residents so that they are participants in the solution of problems in the locality, with the purpose of being people committed to government interventions for the development of the sector.