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City, Territory and Architecture

An interdisciplinary debate on project perspectives

Fig. 1 | City, Territory and Architecture

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From: The materialization of the Buen Vivir and the Rights of Nature: Rhetoric and Realities of Guayaquil Ecológico urban regeneration project

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(Elaborated by: Maria Fernanda Ordóñez’ elaboration based on cartography from the Geographic Military Institute, 2013 and Ministry of Environment)

Located in the biggest estuarine systems of the Pacific coast of South America, Guayaquil’s urban expansion has largely occurred on mangrove areas leading to the desiccation and disappearance of many branches of the Salado Estuary, which today is part of the National System of Protected Areas

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