Urban Form and Spatial Urban Equity in Bogota, Colombia

It has always been said that Bogota is one of the densest cities in the world, but what is not said is that density is distributed very differently within the urban area, with different effects on the population. This may create differences in location and access among socioeconomic groups. This paper shows four indicators that measure those differences, contributing to inequity in Bogota. The main goal of this paper is to organize facts rather than to explain their causes and quantify some data that always have been in the minds of planners, but never have calculated. First, the analysis of activity balance shows a monocentric pattern that contributes to important differences in travel time between income groups; second, spatial distribution of population and employment are different, generating higher travel times for the low-income population. Population density is higher in the boundaries of the city while employment decreases with distance to city center. An accessibility analysis for the different income levels was carried out, showing low accessibility indexes to work for more than 80% of the low-income population. Those differences in access may contribute to the important differences in mobility among socioeconomic groups. In fact, high-income groups make 150% more trips than low-income groups.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.345
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235214651730652X
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/23521465
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2017 Luis A Guzman and Juan P Bocarejo. Published by Elsevier B.V.
• Authors:
  • Guzm�n, Luis A
  • Bocarejo, Juan P
• Conference:
  • World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2016
  • Location: Shanghai , China
  • Date: 2016-7-10 to 2016-7-15
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 4495-4510
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Central business districts; Equity (Justice); Low income groups; Population density; Socioeconomic factors; Spatial analysis; Travel time; Upper income groups
• Geographic Terms: Bogota (Colombia)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01639601
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 13 2017 3:08PM