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As a result of the disorderly population growth that Durán has had, in the province of Guayas, the urban green index of 1,22 m2/inhabitant is below that established by the World Health Organization. This value is even lower in the study area in the second stage of El Recreo with a value of 0.30 m2/inhabitant. This generates heat islands in urban areas that cause impoverished air quality, a decrease in the quality of people’ lives and a high demand for energy in order to achieve thermal comfort when air-conditioning residential spaces. For the proposal, a pedestrian street was selected as a model to be replicated in the others. The objective is to propose a master plan for green areas to mitigate the high temperatures recorded in the second stage of the El Recreo citadel, Durán, in order to create microclimates to contribute to the fulfilment of Ecuador’s sustainable development objectives.
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Arreaga, G., Vega, G., Hechavarría Hernández, J.R. (2020). Proposal for a Master Plan of Green Area in the Second Step of the El Recreo Citadel, Canton Duran, Ecuador. In: Charytonowicz, J. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Architecture, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1214. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51566-9_6
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