Bogotá, una ciudad sensible al agua: Elementos de reflexión

Due to the evident problems to deal with the rainwaters in Bogotá, and mostly the obsolete condition of the conventional drainage solutions, new international models are being observed as an initial reflection in order to develop the city’s own vision concerning the rainwater sanitary treatment. Due to its inclusive nature, with plural objectives and the plural disciplines involved, this work proposes to consider the model ‘The City Sensitive to the Water’ as a long-term paradigm and bring into contention the characteristics and dynamics proper to the city and the its vulnerability regarding the events caused by both the climate change and the pollution of the bodies of water. Starting from the limiting factors proper to the city like the rigid thought, the institutional fragmentation, the inflexible policies and the governmental corruption, this work proposes elements for reflection in four dimensions requiring an intervention so that Bogotá begins the transition towards the abovementioned model: natural, material, human and regulatory.