Análisis de la conflictividad socio ambiental y el ordenamiento territorial en la cuenca urbana del río Tunjuelo

Abstract

The presence of environmental conflicts is due to the entropic relationship between the satisfaction of society's needs, the protection and sustainable use of natural resources, since ecosystems are transformed by human action in population and settlement systems. and production (Rodríguez and Espinoza, 2002). This is why territorial planning in Colombia explains how the vast majority of environmental conflicts are closely related to inadequate territorial planning; Due to the social dynamics in relation to geographical spaces, some authors affirm that this originates from internal migrations, since said displacement “exceeds the capacity of governments to resolve basic needs which generate the proliferation of subnormal neighborhoods and settlements in high-risk areas, where the poorest inhabitants are located” (Guhl,2017,p.73). This document emphasizes the relationship between territorial planning and the phenomena of environmental conflict, in the city of Bogotá, D.C (Colombia); within the framework of the research project “District Observatory of Environmental Conflicts - ODCA, from the Conflicts Environmental hotbed: life and peace, which is defined as “a research effort that is responsible for identifying and characterizing the environmental conflicts of the capital district segmented into localities” (Martinez,2023, p.134-139). Qualitative research is privileged as it seeks to highlight the role of a set of social actors and the incidence of territorial planning instruments on the urban basin of the Tunjuelo River; Additionally, the demand platforms of these social actors, their scope, limitations and impact on the protection of the Tunjuelo River as it travels through the urban area of ​​the city are collected and analyzed, this based on the study and collection of empirical materials such as studies case, personal experience, life history, interviews and other instruments that describe the usual and problematic moments in the lives of individuals (Denzin and Lincoln, 1994). So that in this way, the analysis of the implications of the technical and regulatory planning instruments, such as the current Territorial Planning Plan of the city (Decree 555 of 2021), is achieved, which shows that supremacy is given to private economic interests in what is blurred the dividing line between political and business projects, diverting their powers and scope to the point of causing delegitimization in the community. These are the ones who resent the consequences of the multiplicity of environmental problems, the contamination of the water body, risks due to flooding and the deterioration of public health, also generating a lack of appropriation of their environments, territory and natural resources, in addition to ignorance and low interest. for the vindication or defense of the urban natural space.