Citizen participation in land use in the Prosperity Community

Abstract

Introduction: Citizen participation and organization processes influence community development locally and generally, by strengthening the intervention of a conscious citizenry in issues related to improving the socioeconomic reality of the Prosperity Commune of the San José de Ancón parish in the canton and province of Santa Elena. Materials and methods: This research focuses on theories, review of bibliographic articles by authors and interpreters on the subject, the National Assembly and laws of Ecuador, the correlational quantitative method is considered through the observation of events that influence the population and the interview that verifies unsatisfied needs of the sector through praxis. Results: The degree of importance that the authors attribute to citizen participation and community organization processes is determined. Discussion: Citizen participation is a gradual process of political representation, necessary for the structural development of organizations and thus applied to make good use of the land of their unproductive communal lands through public policies. Conclusions: It is necessary to replicate the participation mechanisms as a contribution to the knowledge of citizens and their reality, aligned with the objectives of Good Living.