ABSTRACT
This chapter will explore Bogota’s diversity and territorial fragmentation, looking at the connections between migration processes, urban transformations and local policies. During the 1980s, the city experienced an unprecedented urban crisis that affected the whole society. In reaction to this crisis and through innovative political leadership and local policies, in the course of a decade, Bogotá was transformed from what was considered one of the most dangerous cities into an example of urban renaissance. By analysing the policies implemented in this period, it will be shown that “public space” and “urban culture” formed a conceptual framework which has enabled innovative assemblages in the formulation of policies to address socio-cultural and ethnic diversity, inequality and territorial fragmentation. The effectiveness of these policies makes them essential in current debates about the city.
