Proposal of urban regeneration of the tourist center of the Cocibolca lake coast with the historical center of the city of Granada, Nicaragua

Abstract

The process of metabolism suffered by cities as a result of their own dynamics, leads to these undergo transformations, sometimes leading to deterioration and loss of identity.

At the end of the 20th century, Urban Regeneration became a tool for the transformations and development of cities, due to its vision of reversing the process of deterioration through a participatory approach where legal, economic, spatial physical aspects are contemplated, social and environmental in an integral way, to improve the living conditions of the inhabitants.

This research consists of the proposal of Urban Regeneration through a system of public spaces that allows integrating the tourist center of the coast of Lake Cocibolca with the Historical Center of the city of Granada, Nicaragua.

The Tourist Center has privileged landscape conditions, due to its proximity to the great Lake Cocibolca, however it has not been possible to take advantage of it and it is disconnected from the city, which means that it is not integrated to the rest of the urban plot or the tourist circuit that it is offered, through history it has not been possible to make the connection between city and lake, this being an important potential with respect to public space.

Public spaces play an important role within the city and the intention of this initiative is to rescue them through a process that allows the emergence of ideas and proposals that feed back in favor of all those involved. The proposal highlights the importance of public spaces, as well as identifying the areas of opportunity and the sense of belonging that these should have.