Is the use of GIS technology efficient in Public Policy Management?

The case of the recovery of heritage buildings in the Municipality of Quito

Authors

  • Wilfrido Manuel Castro Yunapanta Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29019/tsafiqui.v14i1.657

Keywords:

Heritage buildings, efficiency and public policy failures, incentive policy, GIS technology

Abstract

The recovery of heritage buildings is conceptualized under a vision of sustainability, by (re) using structures that occupy a privileged space of the city, which contain knowledge inherited from the past and foster a sense of belonging in the citizenship. One of the problems faced by these structures is the lack of maintenance due to the costs involved in their intervention, which is why the Municipality of Quito promotes an incentive policy for the improvement of habitability conditions in this type of property.

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the efficiency of this public policy in the territory, using open source GIS tools and the city’s spatial data infrastructure. The results indicated that the incentives concentrate their actions in the central area of the city, leaving urban and rural parishes as unattended spaces. It is concluded that the use of geographic information systems technology, has the advantage of granting ease and flexibility in data specialization,
and allow correlating variables such as population density with conservation states of buildings to obtain information that helps to decision-makers to evaluate the efficiency in the application of public policy and discern possible failures in its application.

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Published

2020-05-30

How to Cite

Castro Yunapanta, W. M. (2020). Is the use of GIS technology efficient in Public Policy Management? The case of the recovery of heritage buildings in the Municipality of Quito. Tsafiqui, 11(14), 27–32. https://doi.org/10.29019/tsafiqui.v14i1.657