DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY WITHIN THE URBAN TERRITORY OF QUITO. Study case: La Tola, La Tola Baja, La Loma y San Marcos.

Abstract

The food supply in Quito is part of a big urban system that obtain its resources from abroad the city and produces waste in a linear and unsustainable form. Marketplaces, supermarkets and shopping centers, regardless of providing food and other relatives services, are often rule by a pattern that foster massive consumption, pollution, the increase of distribution chains and waste. Based on the hypothesis that in Quito exists auspicious areas for the development of food sovereignty, the main objective of this investigation, is to seek for zones inside the consolidated urban area, that are underserved of a marketplace or shopping center within a 15-minute walking radius, through a mapping analysis made in 2020. The research recognizes La Loma, La Tola, La Tola Baja and san Marcos as critical and suitable neighborhoods for the planification of sustainable models based on local production and the integration of green area into the city, putting forward a Mass Plan that take to advantages of the conditions of the territory.

Keywords: Food sovereignty, agricultural landscape, Quito, La Tola, food supply, sustainable production.