Urbanization and Community Commitment: Five Case Studies on Social Infrastructure in Education and Health

Authors

  • Jhorland Ayala Centro de Estudios Económicos Regionales del Banco de la República
  • Gerson Javier Pérez Valbuena Centro de Estudios Económicos Regionales del Banco de la República de Cartagena
  • Edwin Jaime Chiriví Bonilla Director de Estudios Económicos de la Cámara Colombiana de la Construcción

Keywords:

geographical accessibility, public education, public health, welfare

Abstract

In this paper, we characterize and assess the geographical accessibility of free public housing projects - VIS and savers public housing - VIPA to urban public health and education facilities in five cities: Barranquilla, Soledad, Malambo, Valledupar and Soacha. Four indicators of accessibility are used: the average distance, the minimum distance and the amount and percentage of facilities within a two- and four- kilometer radio. As a result, it is found that the geographical accessibility is low relative to some international standards, especially in the case of health. In addition, free housing projects registered a lower availability than those for savers in most of the cases.

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Published

2017-01-25

Issue

No. 18: JUL-DEC 2016

Section

Science article

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