Public space with collective intelligence (COBOG0001)

Commitment ID

COBOG0001

Commitment Title

Public space with collective intelligence

Problem

In Bogota there are territories with a deficit of public space and habitability conditions, over which there is a low appropriation by the citizens and little incidence in the governmental actions that are executed. This problem is caused, among other factors, by the low access that citizens have to sufficient and relevant information, as well as the insufficiency of technological resources designed for participation, a reality that has become more difficult with the COVID 19 pandemic.

Status quo

Bogota's current Land Use Plan structured the public space system into two groups: district parks (classified by scale) and walking spaces (structural and complementary) and identified other elements that are part of the public space, but are assigned to other systems such as the ecological structure and the mobility system. On the other hand, according to the measurement of "walkability" in the city made by the Administrative Department of the Public Space Defense Office - DADEP for 2018, (taken for the Diagnostic Document for the formulation of the Land Management Plan) As a result, each of the Zoning Planning Units (UPZ) has a walkability index of 0.36262 in a range from 0 to 1. The result of the index shows a grouping of UPZs in the central zone of the city with the highest indexes, largely explained by greater supply, diversity and density. In contrast with the UPZs with lower walkability in peripheral zones in both the northern and southern ends of the capital, this is explained by a lower supply of goods and services, less adequate infrastructure, lower overall density and in general a less friendly environment.

Action

Implement a strategy that promotes and guarantees citizen participation in the generation, management, adaptation and care of public space in 20 prioritized territories, with quality information and technological tools that facilitate participation, collaboration, collective innovation and co-production of habitat improvement in Bogota.

General objetive: Promote citizen participation in the planning and sustainability of urban interventions proposed for the recovery of public space within the framework of the District System of Care.

Specific objetives:

• Contribute to the construction of methodologies that enable the generation of spaces for participation and collaboration in the territories prioritized by each intervention.
• Promote recognition through the identification of actors, problems and realities of the territory to be intervened.

How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?

The recovery of public space within the framework of the District System of Care is aimed at generating actions in areas with a high incidence of sexual violence, allowing the improvement of public lighting, sidewalks, safer parks, among other urban spaces to increase interpersonal and institutional trust, improve coexistence and the perception of safety, through co-responsibility and citizen empowerment and involment.

Primary Policy Area

Civic Space

Primary Sector

Land & Spatial Planning

What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?