Movilidades espaciales en torno a centralidades médicas: el caso de una antigua periferia de Bogotá

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the spatial mobility of the population that transits around two centralities of medical services located in the Restrepo area, Bogotá. This is an area of ​​old periphery located south of the historic center of the city where there is a social diversity that is complemented by a functionality not only by hosting a centrality around the leather and footwear sector but around the provision of medical services.

These medical centralities must be understood not only based on the history of the area's settlement, but also in terms of the changes that the area undergoes as it ceases to be peripheral to gain advantages in its location. In a regulatory context that has promoted the expansion of the private sector in the provision of these health services, it is considered pertinent to analyze the impacts generated by the arrival and consolidation of private health equipment in an area where there was already a network of public hospitals.

Through the application of a survey on uses and perceptions of the spaces surrounding a private clinic and a public hospital, the aim is to know not only the functionality of this old periphery in the metropolitan context, but also to know the type of population that transits, works and / or makes use of the services provided around these buildings. Additionally, interviews with residents and / or people who live and work in the area are used to find out their residential careers and analyze them in relation to this daily mobility.

Lastly, it is important to note that this research proposal is part of the ECOS-Nord Colciencias C18H01 Project "Space mobility and space transformation in the old urban peripheries of metropolises in Latin America (Bogotá, Santiago and Buenos Aires)" coordinated by Françoise Dureau, researcher from the MIGRINTER group at the University of Poitiers, France and Thierry Lulle researcher at CIDS at the Externado University of Colombia.