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Jardines rebeldes. Del derecho a la ciudad a la revolución verde

2024; Universidad de Los Andes; Issue: 38 Linguagem: Inglês

10.18389/dearq38.2024.06

2215-969X

Javier Orlando Mora Pedraza,

Latin American Urban Studies

Contrary to traditional belief, social structures can be built from the bottom up, and one way of doing this is through collective initiatives of various kinds. The end of the 20th century saw the emergence of the so-called "Bottom-up Urbanism" emerged, an alternative approach to citizen-led planning intended to transform urban spaces. This article is intended to present the planning process, execution, and operation of a series of initiatives in some poor neighborhoods in the southwest of Bogotá that created gardens and orchards in places that previously had no specific use or had been abandoned.