Problemática sociales en el contexto de la ciudad de Barranquilla

Abstract

The three groups formed for the development of the Collective PAT of the second semester students formulated and developed their projects from the local and regional problems, related to the consumption of food marketed informally on Calle 30, the problems of insecurity and juvenile delinquency in the La Chinita neighborhood and domestic violence in the 7 de Abril neighborhood of the city of Barranquilla, focused on the neighborhood contexts of the city of Barranquilla, where the absence of the State in terms of care for vulnerable communities, the lack of information and institutional orientation to social problems such as domestic violence and insecurity.

The projects formulated by the second semester students are located in the North Historical Center, South East and Metropolitan localities of the city of Barranquilla, urban sectors characterized by having urban settlements lacking institutional services in terms of social welfare and psychosocial care, being evident problems derived from the imbalance of the development model, occupation of public spaces by informal sectors of the economy and high rates of insecurity, unemployment and poverty, aggravated by the Covid 19 pandemic since 2020.