Forced proximity and unplanned densification in Bogota

Authors

  • Carlos Jiménez Romera Urbanism and Territorial Planning of the High Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid , Departamento de Urbanística y Ordenación del Territorio en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Carlos Alberto Torres Tovar Faculty of Arts for the School of Architecture and Urbanism of the National University of Colombia, Bogotá office , Facultad de Artes en la Escuela de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia,sede Bogotá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24197/ciudades.17.2014.121-138

Keywords:

urban movility, proximity, density, compactness, Bogotá

Abstract

Suburban growth of contemporary cities, characterized by sprawl and low density, is possible thanks to the speed of modern transportation facilities. The case of Bogota constitutes an exception to this rule: it is not only one of the densest metropolises in the world, but also it recently tends to increase its compactness. Although various factors have influenced this evolution, the degradation of mobility conditions appears to be the one which has fostered this process. We analyze the different ways chosen by citizens to turn to proximity in order to circumvent the difficulties of insufficient mobility, reflecting on the lessons that this unique case could offer to other cities which may consider developing densification plans.

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Published

2017-11-08

Issue

No. 17 (2014): Proximity, a new urban value?

Section

Monographic section

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Forced proximity and unplanned densification in Bogota. (2017). Ciudades, 17, 121-138. https://doi.org/10.24197/ciudades.17.2014.121-138