Inventario de la red vial para la planificación estratégica de la parroquia 11 de Noviembre del cantón Latacunga de la provincia de Cotopaxi, gestionado en un sistema de información geográfico

Abstract

The social and economic development of a town, from a large city to a small parish, is directly related to the issue of roads, because roads are one of the main infrastructures with great relevance for society, since they help the communication from one point to another, facilitating economic and social commercial activities, and thus influencing the quality of life of the population, which is why road maintenance management is of great importance. For the elaboration of the road inventory, the evaluation of the state of the roads of the parish of November 11 was carried out, through field visits, data collection through matrices: such as the state of the wearing course, width track and major and minor works of art; counting of vehicles with the determination of Annual Average Daily Traffic for the projection of the roads to 20 years and finally the management of said information in a Geographic Information System (GIS), with this the planning that the Provincial Decentralized Autonomous Government of Cotopaxi prepares annually for the roads that are within its jurisdiction, complementing the management of resources and presenting an alternative to improve the execution of road inventories.