Management Strategies in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Historic Centers of Quito and Havana

Historical centers are structural elements in contemporary cities which preserve identity and collective memory. Despite being lubricants of social cohesion, intense processes urban growth, fragmentation, degradation put these city at great risk. Thus, they have been considered priority spaces public renewal policies affected by inaccurate interventions must contend with changing complex realities the Latin American Caribbean contexts. This article approaches main management strategies used comprehensive rehabilitation historical through critical comparative analysis historic Quito Old Havana, two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The study ultimately aims to determine successes failures proposes measures support decision-making processes, optimizing type intervention employed.