Management Strategies in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Historic Centers of Quito and Havana

Juan Carlos Martínez Serra; Enrique Fernández-Vivancos González

doi:10.3390/urbansci7010004

Management Strategies in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Historic Centers of Quito and Havana

Journal

Urban Science

ISSN

2413-8851

Date Issued

2022-12-26

Author(s)

Juan Carlos Martínez Serra

Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo

Enrique Fernández-Vivancos González

DOI

10.3390/urbansci7010004

URL

https://cris.ute.edu.ec/handle/123456789/355

Abstract

Historical centers are structural elements in contemporary cities which preserve identity and collective memory. Despite being lubricants of social cohesion, intense processes of urban growth, fragmentation, and degradation put these city centers at great risk. Thus, they have been considered priority spaces in public renewal policies affected by inaccurate interventions which must contend with changing and complex realities in the Latin American and Caribbean contexts. This article approaches the main management strategies used in the comprehensive urban rehabilitation of historical centers through critical and comparative analysis of the historic centers of Quito and Old Havana, which are two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The study ultimately aims to determine the main successes and failures of the management strategies used and proposes measures to support decision-making processes, optimizing the type of urban intervention employed.