Derechos humanos y urbanización desigual en Colombia: Entre la expansión territorial y la exclusión social

Abstract

This article presents a critical analysis of urbanization processes in Colombia, with an emphasis on their implications for the guarantee of human rights. Based on an examination of legal, policy, and academic sources, it investigates the effects that urban expansion has had on historically vulnerable populations, such as displaced communities, residents of informal settlements, and marginalized social groups. The study addresses phenomena such as territorial segregation, involuntary resettlement, precarious public spaces, and the unequal distribution of urban services—understood as manifestations of an exclusionary urbanization. It highlights how these dynamics are not only the result of failures in public policy formulation and implementation but also stem from social and economic structures that shape urban development patterns. In this context, the article shows that contemporary urban planning, far from being neutral, is permeated by power relations that tend to consolidate inequality and limit the full exercise of rights in urban settings. The research thus provides elements for understanding how current forms of urban growth may reproduce spatial injustice in Colombia