Type of territory

For Bogota, the capital of Colombia with more than 8 million inhabitants and with localities that present indices of insecurity in terms of micro-trafficking, crime and consumption of SPA (Prevention of the Consumption of Psychoactive Substances);It is for this administration an opportunity the intervention and construction of Parks by the District Institute of Recreation and Sports to generate an impact in the dynamics of the social fabric of the neighborhoods that contributes to prevent the situations mentioned above with sports and recreational spaces of quality forAll ages.It is a challenge for the city to meet this objective if its territory is considered to have mountain topography and, in turn, large wetlands for a vulnerable population concentrated in its peripheries, where the supply of quality public space is scarce due to the spontaneous growth of manyof these areas.

Climate zone

[Af] Tropical Wet. No dry season.

Land price

Land price : 200 €/m²

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Total investment costs (before tax)

Total investment costs (before tax) : 300 000 000 € HT

Project holder

Name : ALCALDIA MAYOR DE BOGOTÁ

Type : City

General description :

The Mayor's Office of Bogotá is responsible for the administration and execution of public policies for the entire city and its interaction with the Metropolitan and National territory. The Mayor's Office evaluates its development with indicators that measure the evolution of social, economic and environmental growth and make it possible to draw strategies and build public policy for effective decision-making that contributes to improving the quality of life of its inhabitants. The Master Plan of Sports and Recreational Equipment for the city of Bogotá allows to guarantee the access of the population of the District to a hierarchical, sustainable and qualified system of sports and recreational facilities, whose components are in accordance with the needs and preferences of sports recreation of the inhabitants and are distributed and balanced over the territory.

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Project management

Description : Citizen participation

Through the citizen participation strategy: Bogotá Abierta, a citizen debate was held regarding the construction of the district development plan. The Culture, Recreation and Sports Sector received 462 opinions: 48.9% classified in the program of cultural change and construction of the social fabric for life, 25.3% in better opportunities for development through culture, recreation and sports and 7.1% in public spaces.

As a result of the process of citizen participation, urban improvement in the neighborhood and the factors that affect the improvement of the quality of life and public space are the main topics of interest. Applications were received for gyms, improvement and construction of sports centers with different activities, soccer fields and modernization of the endowments; the community emphasizes the need for parks that generate great activity. These requests will be included in the project.

Identification of the problem or need

In 2015, parks and sports facilities showed a deficit at a quantitative level for recreation, sports and leisure time activities, and presented deficiencies in the existing infrastructure, which does not meet the expectations and needs of citizens. According to figures from the Administrative Department of the Ombudsman of Public Space (DADEP), the effective public space per inhabitant with permanent character in the city of Bogotá, is 3.9 m2, being the minimum goal of effective public space per inhabitant of 15 m2 (National Decree 1504 of 1998), this means that the city has only reached 26% of the goal. Additionally, the deficit of public space is a city problem that is also associated with the phenomenon of poverty.

The offer in 2016 of parks did not offer the goods and spaces required for the realization of the recreational and sports needs of the inhabitants, the endowments of the parks are destined mainly to young people and young adults. The supply of endowments for children, women, the disabled and the elderly is restricted.

The survey carried out for the formulation of the Recreational and Sports Equipment Master Plan made it possible to show that although in general the levels of dissatisfaction with the parks are low, the highest percentages of unsatisfied population are concentrated in the neighborhood scale parks and have to do with the structures offered by the park and not so much with aspects such as the number of parks or their location in relation to housing.

According to the aforementioned survey, there is a significant demand for unconventional endowments; the endowments that most appear in the expectations of people are gyms or exercise stations, extreme sports in their modalities of bicycle, board, skates, wall and skating rinks.

The gym, which is in general the most requested type of equipment, makes us think about the needs of all, and in fact, it is a requirement that does not present substantial differences if it is discriminated by age group; whereas if this request is considered by gender, women have an advantage with 54%, over men who reach 49%.

For the formulation of the facilities of the plan, which meet the needs of those who practice the associated, competitive, training and amateur sport, they were deficient since there was not enough places within the localities with qualified spaces to practice this sport level; Today, the sports policies proposed by the National Sports System, formulated in Title IV of the National Sports Law, are effectively answered.

Project stakeholders

Instituto Distrital de Recreación y Deporte - IDRD

Function  : Construction manager

Mission: The IDRD promotes the exercise and full enjoyment of the right to sport, recreation, physical activity, the use of free time and the proper use of parks and scenarios for the inhabitants of Bogotá in order to contribute to the formation of better citizens, to teach the values of healthy competition and to improve the quality of life in harmony with the ecosystems, the defense of the public and the environment that makes Bogota a more participative, active and inclusive city.

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IDRD Instituo Distrital de Recreacion y Deporte de Bogota D.C.

More info : https://www.idrd.gov.co

Quality of life / density

The transformation of the city of more than 8 million through its parks has given the poorest and most isolated sectors of the population new leisure options, reducing the social gap and its opportunities. Today the most vulnerable population of the city has access to synthetic courts, playgrounds, jogging trails and exercise areas, with a granular base of rubber. Its appearance and functionality stimulate its use and paradigms are eliminated regarding the quality of these spaces and their location, usually associated with sectors of greater economic capacity.

Culture and heritage

The implementation of the parks has revitalized their surroundings and promotes on their facilities the use of diverse activities of citizen integration; cultural events, music, art, aerobics sessions, yoga among others. Vital spaces for the interaction and interaction of the inhabitants and their personal motivations. The cultural and sporting diversity is part of the investment plan, where it explicitly talks about the integration of new sports trends in its bicycle, board, skates, wall and skating rinks. The gymnasiums, which in general are the most requested type of equipment, make us see and think about the needs of all, and as from the policy of parks a direct and forceful impact is achieved in the cultural conformation of a territory, the sports culture. Bogota's growth and conurbation process divides it territorially into 20 localities with heritage sectors and properties that are characterized by their limited and limited supply of public space and sports venues, even though they are identified and intervened with the same needs as the others. The Patrimonial sectors and their properties usually represent a greater effort due to their patrimonial and conservation character by district and national administrative entities, but also intervened for the construction of the social fabric.

Social diversity 

The current supply of parks does not offer the goods and spaces required for the realization of the recreational and sports needs of the inhabitants, the endowments of the parks are intended mainly for young people and young adults. The supply of endowments for children, women, the disabled and the elderly is restricted.

The survey carried out for the formulation of the Recreational and Sports Equipment Master Plan made it possible to show that, although in general the levels of dissatisfaction with the parks are low, the highest percentages of unsatisfied population are concentrated in the neighborhood scale parks and have to do with with the structures offered by the park and not so much with aspects such as the number of parks or their location in relation to housing. It is clear that the requirement and detailed analysis of the population, has allowed us to give a better response to the need, as an example in the case of gyms no substantial differences are presented if discriminated by age group; while if this request is considered by gender, women have an advantage with 54%, over men who reach 49%.

Social inclusion and safety 

The intervention of these parks generates new dynamics in their environment, recreation and sports are promoted and in their reactive development the commerce and the local economy, vandalism decreases due to the lack of appropriation and use of the parks, they are illuminated and eliminated pockets of possible vandalism. Expenditure and Drug Consumption. A new opportunity stimulates a whole community, the renewed infrastructures of recreation and sport give an option and the way to the young people that for the lack of them fall in the middle of vice and the drug business. The new parks are a preventive and corrective tool for citizens. Careful Participation: Within the strategies implemented to ensure the participation of the entire beneficiary community of the 1200 parks that have been intervened during this administration. The administration Implements a Social Management Plan that ensures that citizens know, participate and follow up the Parks that are being built from the Studies and Designs Stage, inviting them to three open call meetings where a diagnosis is made to know the uses and needs of the Park to intervene. In the work stage, the participation strategies that are implemented are the meetings of open call for the whole community of the area of ​​influence of the Park that are made at the beginning of work, when 50% of progress is reached and for the completion in the 95%. In addition, the creation of a Citizen Participation Committee that is integrated by the leaders and representatives of the Community Action Boards and those in charge of replicating the information with other citizens is promoted. This committee is invited every month to a follow-up meeting where the progress of the work is presented and where all the leaders can contribute their suggestions and clarify the doubts. Within the Social Management Plan there is a program aimed at hiring vulnerable population within the works: Employment Generation Program: the contractor is obliged to hire a percentage of 3 to 10% of Unqualified Labor in the area that corresponds to vulnerable population (mothers head of household, strata 1 and 2).

Ambient air quality and health

Air is an emergency in Bogotá due to the relationship between levels of pollution and diseases. "It is clear that there is a relationship between the increase in concentrations of pollutants and a huge variety of respiratory diseases, cardiopulmonary, and even with premature mortality," he said.

• The intervention of parks encourages the planting and management of green cover in the City and its ecological network united with each project, improving the production of oxygen in the city and reducing the production of dust in the areas of direct intervention and in general the depressed areas that lack paved roads.
• The reuse of NFU reduces CO2 emissions by reusing 1'100,000 used tires, which is equivalent to a decrease of 67'85 Kg per tire. The construction of 100 synthetic grass courts equals 1'100,000 tires, which represents the reduction of 74,635 tons of CO2 to the atmosphere, represented by a significant reduction of greenhouse gases.

Ambient:

• Collection and Handling Plan for Out of Use NFU Tires. These actions significantly reduce the generation of solid waste and their final disposal and a lower occupation of landfills. The material coming from the collection and recycling of the NFU are used for the construction of Sports and Recreational surfaces.
• Significant water savings when not required in the maintenance of synthetic grass.
• No use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides in the maintenance of synthetic grass, preventing its deterioration and contamination of soil and groundwater.

Health:

• Intalaciones and esceanarios Sports and Recreational for the physical development of all the community.
• HTTPS://WWW.IDRD.GOV.CO/MUEVETE-BOGOTA

SOLUTIONS

Implementation of Sports and Recreational Rubber Surfaces from Non-Use NFU Tires for Social

Description : ​Through the Master Plan of Sports and Recreational Equipment for the city of Bogota Capital of Colombia with more than 8 million inhabitants, the implementation of granular rubber material was achieved with which a significant CO2 reduction is achieved for the city with the use of the out-of-use tires which are used as construction material for synthetic soccer fields, children's protection zones, exercise areas and pedestrian paths.

This administration has complied with the intervention of 1113 parks since 2016 achieving a transformation of the city with inclusion and equal opportunities; With the implementation of rubber as a material for the network of parks, sports and recreational areas, CO2 emissions are significantly reduced, with an environmental, social and administrative impact. With the plan of use of tires out of use (NFU) not only reduce CO2 emissions are significantly reduced the generation of solid waste and disposal of them and a lower occupation of landfills.
Finally, with the implementation of sports parks and venues, security is improved with defined and illuminated areas, eliminating pockets of illicit activities, reactivating trade and the local economy and encouraging recreation and sports in young people by reducing interest of the sale and consumption of drugs.

CO2 Impact : 47 030,00 tCO2

Company :

• Urban densification
• Proximity services
• Security
• Air quality
• Noise exposure

Local development

In the IDRD, different actions are being implemented as part of the Social Management Plan that favor local development such as:

• Like the Job Generation Program that requires each contractor to hire unskilled labor from the area, with percentages that vary between 10% and 25% according to the investment in the work.
• Administration of Coffee Modules, at the moment the work stage ends and the Park is delivered for its use, the Subdirectorate of Parks and Scenarios performs the convenience assessment for the administration of coffee modules, having as a requirement that the people administer it within the area of influence of the Park.
• As parks are intervened and put into operation, new dynamics are generated in their surroundings, recreation and sports are promoted, and in their reactive development, commerce and the local economy.

Mobility strategy

Despite its mobility problems, Bogotá is the best city in Latin America for cyclists. This is one of the conclusions of a study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in 56 cities of the region, which led to the construction of 27 indicators on the use of bicycles and the policies that encourage the use of this means of transport. mostly non-motorized manages the management of the city of Bogotá.

Of the 2,513 kilometers of bike paths that exist in the continent, Bogotá has 392, which makes it the city with the greatest number of routes for the transit of cyclists. The capital of Colombia surpasses cities such as San Pablo (271) and Buenos Aires (130); and it is the place where more people travel by bicycle daily, since about 611,000 trips are made, while in Santiago de Chile 510,000 are made and in Mexico City 433,000.

Article 252 of the Land Management Plan (Decree 190 of 2004) mentions the Obligatory and content of the Master Plans for the parks and their connectivity with the pedestrian circulation, recreational bike paths, vehicular circulation as part of their Mobility analysis.

All the interventions take into account the content of the bicycle route regardless of its scale; however, not all of them are directly connected to the urban system of bicycle routes and many of the bicycle route interventions are carried out in coordination with the IDU Urban Development Institute, as they are responsible for the design of road profiles which include the bicycle according to its connectivity and context.

SOLUTIONS

Cycling Plan

Description : ​In Bogotá, specific actions have been taken to promote sustainable mobility and the use of bicycles. 480 kilometers have been built for the means of transport and an extension of 120 kilometers is expected. The Bici Plan was formulated, which has five components: infrastructure, security, environment and health, institutionality; and promotion and culture. In the same way days without a car are promoted and sustainable driving or eco-driving that allows reducing emissions.

The system of bike paths for the city of Bogota is an alternative Moviliad solution for citizens which provides health and wellbeing by encouraging exercise and avoiding the use of polluting vehicles thus reducing CO2 emissions.
• Soft transportation
• Other

Smart City strategy

Alcaldía Peñalosa has been working to install 57 free Internet zones throughout the city, prioritizing parks and tourist areas.

In total, the Mayor's Office will install 250 public connectivity zones, through public and private partnerships and alliances.

Representative areas such as the Simón Bolívar Park, the Plaza de Bolívar, the journalists' park, the Plazoleta del Chorro de Quevedo, the Plazoleta del Rosario and the Gold Museum will have free Wi-Fi.

This work is aimed at an infrastructure line that is part of the National Public Policy of the Ministry of Information Technologies and ICT Communications that is moving towards the democratization of Internet access.

Water management

The synthetic courts generate a significant saving of water since it is not necessary for irrigation. In the 100 courts built in the District, 93,516 cubic meters of potable water have been saved in maintenance. This saving is equivalent to the water consumption of 3,340 people in a year in Bogotá

Soil management 

The non-use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, required for conventional maintenance, prevents diseases and pests in natural grass that deteriorate the quality of the same and reduces the contaminated solid waste (chemical containers), contribution of pollutants to the environment and prevents pollutionof groundwater and soil.

Biodiversity and natural areas

Biodiversity: The intervention of the District parks includes a forest inventory that determines the current phytosanitary status of the existing vegetation and the actions to be taken within which the planting of new tree species that have the appropriate characteristics for their adequate growth and development is promoted. in terms of soil, climatic conditions and adaptation, which allow strengthening and protecting the main ecological structure, in order to maintain an eco systemic balance. Additionally, for new tree species that are planted, public safety aspects are taken into account, such as the type of stem or trunk, which must be high and without branches or intermediate foliage that generate spaces in which there is no visibility for the people who circulate in the parks.