Medellin Flashcards
(20 cards)
Who led the Medellin Cartel
Pablo Escobar
Who was Mayor of Medellin
Sergio Fajardo
Comuna 13 & Santo Domingo
Slums in Medellín that have experienced urban change
Participatory form of government
To ensure a partnership approach to urban change, including external and internal forces of change
Medellín Without Slums
Escobar’s program to rid Medellin of slums and provide a life of noble dignity” for the urban poor
December 1993
Escobar killied by security forces
6,000
People murdered annually in Medellin before the urban charge
1991- New Colombian constitution
Great independence given to local governments to elect their own leaders and have more control over urban development
UN
Supported the national government in dismantling and demobilising guerrilla paramilitary groups
80%
Reduction in murders since urban change
City’s planners
Designed public space, transit infrastructure, and urban interventions into the slums
European regeneration model (flow of ideas)
Barcelona
1998- consituinal law
Constitutional law requires that every municipality develop a master plan with social participation
Alejandro Echeverri
Architect- created buildings of international quality and integrated spaces, places and systems into the social fabric of the city
EDU
Mayor’s Urban Development Corporation- working with architects, planners, engineers & sociologists to manage Medellin’s change. Integrated from a participatory planning
Imagination workshop
Meeting where the comuna dwellers were given the opportunity to imagine alternatives- redesign where they lived
Integrated mobility systems
Elevated metros, cable cars, bridges and escalators- to link previously disconnected neighbourhoods
Social interventions
libraries, community buildings and cultiral centers
City of Eternal spring
A new image of the city to the world, changing its rotation and attracting a tourist economy
EPM
Public utilities company- exports energy to the rest of Colombia and South America. It contributes 30% of its profits to the city for municipal use
