Mapping Empowerment: The Case of the "Ecobarrio" in Bogotá, Colombia

Authors

  • VALERIA BORRERO RAMOS University of Los Andes
  • LUIS SÁNCHEZ AYALA University of Los Andes

Abstract

The urban growth of Bogotá (Colombia's capital) was marked by a rapid process of extensive urbanisation that took place throughout the 20th century. During this time, large numbers of internally displaced people arrived in the city, escaping the atrocities of the armed conflict. Most of these people settled on the outskirts of the city, where "vacant" land was unsuitable for urbanisation, without any infrastructure and basic services. This scenario gave way to the construction of a landscape of inequality in Bogotá, divided by the contrast between the informal neighbourhoods of the peripheries and the planned city of the elites with access to public services.

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Published

2023-07-05

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BORRERO RAMOS, V., & SÁNCHEZ AYALA, L. (2023). Mapping Empowerment: The Case of the "Ecobarrio" in Bogotá, Colombia. ACORDES, (11), 115–119. Retrieved from https://publicaciones.ucuenca.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/acordes/article/view/4804

Issue

No. 11 (2023): Special edition for 27 years of history

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Artículos

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