La reestructuración de la periferia: el reto de la próxima década = Periphery restructuring: the next decade challenge

• Published in: Cuadernos de vivienda y urbanismo = Journal of housing and urbanism Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 44 - 62
• Main Author: Escallón-Gartner, Clemencia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 01.01.2008

ONLINE ONLY. "Reflection about neighborhood improvement processes in our cities motivates the search for new management, investment growth, and inclusive development scenarios. Advances in land organization and the definition of the urban law in Bogota for the Planning and Zoning Units of incomplete urbanization; decisions to generate urban restructuring spaces; and modeling exercises in normative application visualize opportunities to restabilize the land and generate new public spaces, land for social equipment, and diverse housing offers. These also illustrate the necessity to make institutional and management adjustments for the implementation of projects. The challenge is to recognize pertinence and urgency to commit to management processes, in which public and private agents, led by public entities and accompanied by academia, find formulas that allow the citizens, residents of the urban periphery, to enjoy quality urban conditions decisively."