An Accessibility Limbo: Learning from Formal-Informal Practices in the Social Housing Complex of Ciudad Verde, Soacha

Authors

  • Natalia Meléndez Fuentes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34257/GJHSSHVOL22IS2PG1

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Abstract

In Latin America accessibility is increasingly becoming a priority in urban planning Yet looking closer and multidimensionally its application tends to perpetuate socio-economic- spatial imbalances and segregation in the region by concentrating in few cities only In addition accessibility research and literature at the global scale usually over-focus on spatial and statistical analysis to the disregard of the concept s social and intangible dimensions as is digital accessibility Through the case study of the social housing complex of Ciudad Verde Soacha to the southeast of Bogot Colombia I contribute qualitative depth to the accessibility concept by looking at it through its intersection with sustainability and the formality-informality continuum L vy 2020 Within the framework of a larger research project on urban sustainability in Ciudad Verde which conducted focal group interviews and map-based surveys I also place due attention on digital accessibility through Facebook I recognize the platform as an accessibility tool for residents and use it as a research methodology This diverse range of evidence revealed limbic elements hindering accessibility in Ciudad Verde By using the resulting accessibility limbo as an analytical lens this dissertation extracts lessons on how the Colombian complex can unleash its accessibility and sustainability I argue that local in formal practices of access hold the clues for this since they point at the missing pieces from a multi-scalar and multidimensional standpoint

How to Cite

Natalia Meléndez Fuentes. (2022). An Accessibility Limbo: Learning from Formal-Informal Practices in the Social Housing Complex of Ciudad Verde, Soacha. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 22(H2), 1–30. https://doi.org/10.34257/GJHSSHVOL22IS2PG1

An Accessibility Limbo: Learning from Formal-Informal Practices in the Social Housing Complex of Ciudad Verde, Soacha

Published

2022-04-08