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Recuperación de Areas Urbanas Centrales
Recuperación de Areas Urbanas Centrales
Es preocupante ya que estas áreas contienen la historia y herencia cultural de sus países
y hoy día están en proceso de destrucción y sustitución, son vistos como sectores de
inversión para desarrollar actividades y proyectos que vayan acorde con el mercado actual,
es por esto que se generan procesos como la gentrificación donde los habitantes son
desplazados por el cambio de dinámicas económicas, políticas y sociales.
Entonces el centro de Bogotá empezó a ser adquirido por grandes inversionistas que vieron
potencial en aquellos sectores donde se evidenciaba deterioro pero estaban muy bien
ubicados, gran parte de la población nativa abandonó el territorio y migró a la periferia ya
que era el único lugar asequible para su capital trayendo como consecuencia la pérdida de
identidad del lugar, el sector privado conformado por la población con altos ingresos donde
prevalece el interés individual por encima del particular han alterado al conformación de la
ciudad.
La candelaria hoy día es un lugar principalmente destinado para turismo, ocio, cultura,
educación y administración pública, se ha venido perdiendo su vocación de uso
residencial, la mayoría de las persona que viven en el sector es población estudiantil,
extranjera, y personas con altos ingresos que han podido adquirir suelo, ya que el barrio
ha sufrido de la especulación inmobiliaria, factor que hace que suba el precio del suelo
por la demanda en el sector y por futuras intervenciones en cuanto a infraestructura y
proyectos de gran impacto.
Por parte de los entes administradores deben valorizar el centro de manera que sus
políticas no interfieran en el desarrollo adecuado y la conservación de las actividades que
se conservan desde la antigüedad.
RECOVERY OF DOWNTOWN BOGOTA
As a result of the excessive growth of urban population since the last century in cities have
generated both opportunities and problems, among these appears the expansion of the
city, according to Carlos Jarque urbanization has left poverty and conflict Demand for land
has led to the peripheral growth of cities and the abandonment of central areas by not
presenting the necessary infrastructure to respond to the dynamics of the contemporary
city, these have become a focus of conflict, exclusion and poverty since its inhabitants
have abandoned it for change in the use of housing, likewise they present abandonment
by the entities responsible for the administration.
It is worrisome because these areas contain the history and cultural heritage of their
countries and are now in the process of destruction and substitution, are seen as
investment sectors to develop activities and projects that are in line with the current
market, is for This generates processes such as the gentrification where the inhabitants
are displaced by the change of economic, political and social dynamics.
There is also evidence of the lack of interest on the part of Governments that do not know
their importance, these places concentrate most of the capital's tangible intangible cone,
the lack of public policies that promote conservation, Responsibilities and models of
participation has led to the lack of incorporation of the communities.
In some central areas only a type of economic activity has been concentrated such as
tourism, this leads to negative impacts both to the inhabitants and to the physical aspect of
the sector, to the inhabitants as the destruction of the Identity of the place, disappearance
of cultural and social values, also generates change in the use of the land and the public
space, only gives importance to the great economic benefits that generates this industry.
In the particular case of Bogotá, has been evidenced over the decades the process of
gentrification, first of all the upper classes moved to the areas of the west and north of the
city, the area of the center that comprises the towns of Santa fe, Candelaria and Mártires
began to present deterioration in their buildings for lack of maintenance, increased
insecurity, then this sector began to segment, some areas were used to implant new
structures that gave the city competitiveness and development in relation to other capitals
of the world.
Then the center of Bogota began to be acquired by large investors who saw potential in
those sectors where there was evidence of deterioration but were very well located, much
of the native population left the territory and migrated to the periphery because It was the
only affordable place for its capital resulting in the loss of identity of the place, the private
sector formed by the high-income population where the individual interest prevails above
the particular have altered the conformation of the city.
La Candelaria today is a place mainly destined for tourism, leisure, culture, education and
public administration, has been losing its vocation for residential use, the majority of the
person living in the sector is student population, foreign, and People with high income who
have been able to acquire land, because the neighborhood has suffered from real estate
speculation, a factor that raises the price of the soil by demand in the sector and for future
interventions in terms of infrastructure and projects of great impact.
Specific cases of gentrification in Bogotá occur mainly in the locality of La Candelaria and
in surrounding areas, San Victorino, specifically the third Millennium Park, which works on
land where it was mainly residential use, which Later became a focus of crime, insecurity
and drug dealing, in the first government of Enrique Peñalosa was destroyed what was
known as "El cartucho", In these lands he made a process of urban renewal that was not
successful since the problem of insecurity did not disappear, and the sale of drugs moved
a couple of blocks, the park today is a place of little one by the community , on the contrary
it is used by street inhabitants.
On the part of the administrators, the centre should be valued so that its policies do not
interfere with the proper development and conservation of the activities that have been
preserved since antiquity.
Referencias:
Rojas, E. (2004). Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Obtenido de
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