Transformaciones del paisaje: entre alturas y sombras. Caso del barrio San José Obrero en Bello (Antioquia, Colombia)
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The verticalization of Latin American cities has become a defining characteristic, transforming traditional working-class landscapes in pursuit of the promise of modernization and development. This article aims to analyze the transformations of the urban landscape of San José Obrero neighborhood in Bello due to the proliferation of high-rise buildings. A qualitative methodology with a territorial focus is employed, combining document review, interviews, and visual and cartographic analysis. The research demonstrates how real estate pressure has redefined the neighborhood’s morphology and altered its ways of living. This phenomenon reflects metropolitan conurbation dynamics and can be interpreted as a visual, symbolic, and functional gentrification, driven by the arrival of upper-middle-class residents with no established identity ties to the territory. The study highlights the fragmentation of the social fabric and underscores the need to safeguard the social value of the landscape as an expression of the inhabited territory.
Source: Equidad y Desarrollo
Institutions: Universidad EAFIT, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Language: English
Topic: Latin American Urban Studies
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7214948437