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Urban mobility and biological systemic networks

No. 11 (2012-12-01)
  • Andrés Hernando Valencia Escobar
    1Ingeniero mecánico. Magíster en Ingeniería área de Nuevos Materiales. Docente investigador de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB), Colombia andres.valencia@upb.edu.co
  • Elizabeth María Jiménez Rojo
    elizabethmaria.jimenez@alfa.upb.edu.co
  • Juliana Gallego López
    juliana.gallego@alfa.upb.edu.co
  • Juan David Franco Muñetón
    juandavid.franco@alfa.upb.edu.co
https://doi.org/10.18389/dearq11.2012.15

Abstract

Due to the constant increase of methods of transportation, people, and reasons for travel, the improving of urban transportation is considered to be one of the major challenges in developing local areas world over. Given that the space available has not increased in a manner that is proportional to its elements, a tension has resulted that involves important problems. This paper focuses on the search for opportunities to solve transport issues on the Valle de Aburrá road and support is given to biomimicry as a methodological strategy that takes nature into consideration as a structured system that adjusts and perfects its components and processes according to their requirements.

Keywords: urban mobility, bionics, systematic network, leaf venation system, design