Chapter 7. Comprehensive proposal

Authors

Andrés Cuesta Beleño
Universidad La Gran Colombia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7936-2255

Synopsis

The structural premise of the comprehensive proposal for the improvement of the studied settlements is based on Edgar Morin’s tetragram, where interactions, disorder, order, and organization are necessarily interrelated and concatenated for the social construction of the habitat. Furthermore, the general territorial structure must be considered for territorial articulation, land-use planning, and development. This structure is integrated by: 1) the subject or researcher—the observer—who maintains a defined perspective on the subject; 2) the object of intervention, or the informal settlement; 3) the systemic territorial scales; 4) the transition space or the edge of the informal settlement; and 5) the environment (both immediate and mediate contexts).

Author Biography

Andrés Cuesta Beleño, Universidad La Gran Colombia

He holds a degree in architecture from the Universidad del Atlántico and a master’s degree in urban planning from the National University of Colombia, Medellín campus. He has served as director of the Research Center of the School of Architecture (Cifar) at the Catholic University of Colombia and of the Research Center for Habitat, Development, and Peace (Cihdep) at La Salle University (2008–2016). Classified by Minciencias as an associate researcher for the 2019–2021 period. Member of the Territorial Habitat Design and Management research group affiliated with La Gran Colombia University, classified in Category B by Minciencias. 

Published

April 29, 2026

How to Cite

Cuesta Beleño, A. (2026). Chapter 7. Comprehensive proposal. In (Ed.), Complexity and resilience in informal settlements: Strategies for habitat and its territorial articulation (pp. 199-210). Editorial Universidad La Gran Colombia. https://omp.ugc.edu.co/index.php/catalagoeditorial/catalog/book/978-628-7626-70-6/chapter/273