LA ESTRUCTURA URBANA COMO SOPORTE DE LA CONTINUIDAD TIPOLOGICA TRAS UNA CATASTROFE: EL CASO DE SAN JOSE DE CHAMANGA, ESMERALDAS

San José de Chamanga, affected by the devastating earthquake of magnitude l.8° in Aprii 2016, like many other towns on the coast of Esmera/das, suffered the widespread destruction of its built fabric, to the point of making it difficult to locate a starting point from which to initiate the reconstruction. In this article, we try to recognize on urban structure that con be described and interpreted after the earthquake in spite of widespread destruction, in order to identi­fy a certa in continuity of the urban-architectural typo/ogy of the town. The town is structured a round 5 areas or longitu­dinal bands: 1) the coast; 2) the main street; 3) the residential area; 4) the area between the two streets; and 5) the area of the confluence of ali roads. The recognition of these allows for the development of new maps, recognizing the urban support that was previously sustained and con again support what remains of the locai community, culture and economy.