Pandemic city. An approach from human scale to urban priorities

Abstract

The emergence of Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted inequalities in territories configuration. In Ecuador´s case, not all the people have had facilities to access to priority equipment, which are part of semipublic space. Starting from this background, many inquiries have surged regarding to which are the equipment citizens look for to cover their principal necessities and, which of them are near their places. To carry out this analysis it has been run a non-probably sample based on the application of a survey called “What do I need near my home – COVID 19?” This poll was made with the purpose to determine priority places people need to have around their home moreover how often people use these. 

Secondly, as a result, with an indicators application was possible to define the influence radius of these places. This exercise made possible to understand which should be an appropriate neighborhoods configuration to lead to these territories the capability of providing first necessary services. The new possible essential services configuration, suggested by the indicators, could reduce unnecessary people movements and, consequently, the disease contagion and propagation risk, additionally, an improvement of settler’s life quality could be generated. Finally, to contribute and thus achieve sustainable and resilient territories, suggestions for city actors have been made