Propuesta de rehabilitación urbana para el eje vial que conecta la plaza de mercado central con el muelle de Barrancabermeja

Abstract

Barrancabermeja is one of the cities with the greatest potential for comprehensive development in Santander, due to its location within the country's geography and its relationship with the Magdalena River, which is the most important tributary of Colombia; historically turning Barrancabermeja into a strategic commercial point both at the national and micro-regional level, of fluvial connection between the municipalities of Magdalena Medio. From the construction of the railway and the putting into operation of the new means of transport, the communication circuits are transformed, thus changing the economic and commercial activities moving towards the east of the city, thus losing the importance and hierarchy that river transport had Historically developed in the Magdalena River, in the face of this situation a physically and socially deteriorated port area arises, causing an environment of insecurity due to the presence of informal trade. Given that the dynamics of urban connections generate this type of problems within cities, the formulation of this degree project in research mode arises from the concerns generated in the Seedbed of Urban Studies - SEURB and the recognition of urban facts that happen in the axis between the pier and the market place of the Municipality of Barrancabermeja. Based on the synthesis and confrontation of theories of urban analysis proposed by Jan Gehl, Ricardo Tapia and Salvador Rueda, it is proposed that changes in land use and means of transport change economic and social activities make urban rehabilitation necessary.