Sistemas agroalimentarios en Quito: Propuesta de desarrollo urbano sustentable de 3 barrios del sur de Quito

Abstract

This research work used surveys to collect information in the three Southern Neighborhoods of Quito (La Mena 2, Kingdom of Quito and Solanda), with a total sample of 201 people. Which reflected that there is difficult access to food and in this situation it was possible to show that there is structural inequality in the peripheral areas of Quito and absence of comprehensive policies in urban planning. In addition, showing a vulnerability in the part of food, they are expressed in these three neighborhoods by the alarming levels of hunger existing, causing high levels of malnutrition in these peripheral neighborhoods of the city of Quito, in time of COVID-19 these problems have deepened. The results obtained demonstrated the concern of families about the lack of food supply, malnutrition and poor nutrition, in addition to the absence of agri-food policies which disadvantage the most impoverished sectors. Finally, this thesis makes an analysis of food vulnerability, agri-food policies and thus proposes a proposal for sustainable urban planning.