Prácticas agroecológicas para la armonización del patrón de ocupación territorial con la quebrada La Salitrosa, Suba, Bogotá: 2020-2025

Abstract

La Salitrosa Creek, located in the Suba district, is a micro-watershed that belongs to the Bogotá River sub-basin and is the connecting ecosystem between the Cerro and the Conejera Wetland. The pattern of territorial occupation around the ecosystem has not been in harmony with it, it is characterized by irregular, unplanned urbanization and over the flooded areas, so that in the territory there are conflictive scenarios such as the modification of the riverbed, the loss of ecosystem connectivity, the risk of flooding in residential, commercial and agricultural areas, deficient drainage control systems and pollution. With the objective of proposing agroecological practices for the harmonization of the territorial occupation pattern around La Salitrosa Creek in the period 2020-2025, in response to the problems raised, using a mixed methodology, the characterization, analysis and interpretation of the territorial occupation pattern and the agroecological practices in the creek's surroundings were carried out as an alternative to build new ways of relating with the ecosystem in a harmonious manner. The main result was the structuring with the community of such practices, which are focused on the approach of agroecology principles and with the intention of establishing an urban agroecosystem from ecological connectivity, food sovereignty and waste management.