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Public spaces in Bolivian context. SEMAPA as a case study, Cochabamba, Bolivia
In 1984, employees from the water company SEMAPA founded the housing area of SEMAPA. The area is a sub-area of District 1, a city district situated in the north part of the city of Cochabamba. This area consists of detached houses provided with technical infrastructure, such as water and sewage network. SEMAPA is in need of improvements concerning the outdoor environment. Within the housing area, there is a lack of public spaces and the majority of the streets are in poor condition. Furthermore the neighbourhood is divided in two separate parts; therefore the area does not work as a functional entity. To make proposals for the upgrading of this area have been in focus for my diploma work. SEMAPA constitutes a so-called Base Territorial Organization (OTB, Organization Territorial del Base), an entity at the most local level of the administrative system in Bolivia. In the 1990s, there were administrative reforms carried out in the country. The decentralisation of some power and the construction of the local administrative units of OTB were created to, among other things, promote popular participation among the inhabitants. I was given the task about planning of public spaces in this particular housing area through PROCASHA, an NGO (Non Governmental Organization) that promotes cooperative housing. The present process of democratisation in Bolivia has contributed to an increased interest for cooperative housing as an alternative way to attain acceptable housing for everyone. Today, there is no cooperative organization in the neighbourhood SEMAPA but discussions have begun concerning a future possibility to finance improvements of the public spaces by founding one. Among the inhabitants of SEMAPA, there is a general awareness about the shortcomings within the housing area. A willingness to accomplish changes is also apparent. A lack of communication between the inhabitants complicates though any development to support collective and cooperative arrangements. The overall aim of the study is to, on the basis of social ...
Public spaces in Bolivian context. SEMAPA as a case study, Cochabamba, Bolivia
In 1984, employees from the water company SEMAPA founded the housing area of SEMAPA. The area is a sub-area of District 1, a city district situated in the north part of the city of Cochabamba. This area consists of detached houses provided with technical infrastructure, such as water and sewage network. SEMAPA is in need of improvements concerning the outdoor environment. Within the housing area, there is a lack of public spaces and the majority of the streets are in poor condition. Furthermore the neighbourhood is divided in two separate parts; therefore the area does not work as a functional entity. To make proposals for the upgrading of this area have been in focus for my diploma work. SEMAPA constitutes a so-called Base Territorial Organization (OTB, Organization Territorial del Base), an entity at the most local level of the administrative system in Bolivia. In the 1990s, there were administrative reforms carried out in the country. The decentralisation of some power and the construction of the local administrative units of OTB were created to, among other things, promote popular participation among the inhabitants. I was given the task about planning of public spaces in this particular housing area through PROCASHA, an NGO (Non Governmental Organization) that promotes cooperative housing. The present process of democratisation in Bolivia has contributed to an increased interest for cooperative housing as an alternative way to attain acceptable housing for everyone. Today, there is no cooperative organization in the neighbourhood SEMAPA but discussions have begun concerning a future possibility to finance improvements of the public spaces by founding one. Among the inhabitants of SEMAPA, there is a general awareness about the shortcomings within the housing area. A willingness to accomplish changes is also apparent. A lack of communication between the inhabitants complicates though any development to support collective and cooperative arrangements. The overall aim of the study is to, on the basis of social ...
Public spaces in Bolivian context. SEMAPA as a case study, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Marttila, Ida (author)
2005-01-01
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