El Programa de Mejoramiento Integral
reflexiones sobre su implementación en Bogotá
The major cities of Colombia are home of "more than three quarters of the country's population and a rise in such concentration is expected" (Galvis, 2014) due to aspects such as job opportunities, urban attractions, possibilities of social mobilization, and population displacement caused by different factors in the country. In the case of Bogota, which has a population of approximately 8 million inhabitants in its 20 municipalities, there are gaps between different sectors,
especially between the formal city, which met all the technical requirements and standards for its urbanization, and the informal city, which grew without any control. To attend this other city, the district administration has been implementing policies of urban intervention for over 15 years, especially since the advent of the first Territorial Ordinance Plan (POT , by its acronyms in Spanish), adopted in 2000, in which the Program for Integral Improvement appears (PMI , by its acronyms in Spanish), through which some disparities have been sought to be reduced. This paper reflects on the program from two areas, namely its scope and its development and implementation.
