Abstract
In recent years, urban design development has been an important topic in Latin American cities such as Medellín due to the transformation of their urban spaces, along with the new methods used to evaluate the social, morphological, and, in some cases, economic impacts that have been brought about by the urban development projects. When inquiring about the development process and impact of urban studies, and the inhabitants’ relation to a transformed space, it is important to establish the context within which images, drawings, and photographs are analyzed, using graphical approaches triangulated with other research methods to define comparative criteria. In this article, we reflect on the expanded use of various research tools for the analysis of urban transformation, taking with reference the experience lived by a group of researchers in two Latin American cities. From this, it is intended to understand how they work and how they allow us to understand the urban transformation of these cities, the data obtained, and the vision of the researchers.
Highlights
To identify the role played by visual sources in conducting surveys for social economic studies, it is important to establish the context where an image, in its different representations, has been analyzed
Urban transformation analysis has been defined as the use of multidisciplinary knowledge and skills with the objective of solving urban problems and understanding the impacts of urban form and land use
There are strong methodological and conceptual arguments favoring the adoption of visual methods, sensory mapping, drawing and redrawing techniques, photography, and graphical reconstruction for the analysis of urban transformation processes and impacts
Summary
To identify the role played by visual sources in conducting surveys for social economic studies, it is important to establish the context where an image, in its different representations, has been analyzed. In the past few years, urban design development has been a topic that, in certain Latin American cities such as Medellín, Colombia or Willemstad, Curaçao, has evolved in the shadows and is no longer far removed from concepts such as social innovation and social urbanism. This situation breeds new perspectives and concerns about the impact these transformations have on cities and their communities. One of Colombia’s biggest and most important cities, has two striking characteristics: a marked inequality process within its territory and one of the lowest development indicators in Latin America confronted with innovation policies in the last development plans. The city can be read and used as a textbook for its historical and cultural development” (OWHC web page)
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