The current global demographic explosion has impacted in an excessive growth of cities, with urban areas invading key environmental places and with it, reducing the possibility of keeping good public spaces. Tunja is one of the growing cities of Colombia and its central zone needs an alternative of recovery and generation of public green spaces to avoid densification. The research proposes: firstly, to determine the availability of existing public space in the urban area of Tunja through a characterization and availability diagnosis; and, secondly, to formulate specific types of green infrastructure. By considering the regular state conditions of the existing public space network and the inequality in the spatial connectivity of the places within the system, a proposal of types of vegetated infrastructures is given to improve both existing and potentially places.
Keywords:
green architecture, green cities, public space, urban connectivity, urban management
Author Biography
Laura Estefanía Quintero González, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Profesional en Ingeniería Ambiental. Linea de investigación: Smart cities, urbanismo y medioambiente
Quintero González, L. E. (2017). Alternative for the recovery of public space through green infrastructures in Tunja, Colombia. Revista De Urbanismo, (37), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2017.47058
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