Abstract

GIRALDO-OSPINA, Tania  and  VASQUEZ-VARELA, Luis-Ricardo. Characterization of urban morphology of the city of Manizales, Colombia (1849-2017). Rev. Arquit. (Bogotá) [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.1, pp.30-43. ISSN 1657-0308.  https://doi.org/10.14718/revarq.2020.2669.

Research on the morphological evolution of Colombian cities has focused on cities established in the Spanish colonial era. This article addresses the characterization of urban forms in Manizales and their relationship with urban spaces as of the topography environmental transformation, urban management processes and urban development between 1849 and 2017. Through the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS), an analysis of layer over-lay was carried out, as well as a slope map and a slope characterization. Twenty-four out of the I 14 neighborhoods of the city were selected, identifying eight typologies of urban networks differentiated in five phases of urban growth. The checkerboard plot and the significant earthwork were discontinued since the mid-twentieth century. Subsequent urban networks try to adapt to the slopes with less terrain modification but without a reduction of the geotechnical risk. As for the public space, many of the green áreas are slopes with residual spaces that do not have a public space design and do not allow recreational use, unlike áreas located on fíat topographies, which favor recreational use without geotechnical treatments. This interdisciplinary research becomes relevant for urban management insofar as no studies were found that intégrate urban networks with slope characterization.

Keywords : urban development; urban ecology; public space; risk management; urban morphology; territorial ordering; geographic information system (GIS); environmental transformation.

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