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This paper presents the main results of a Master's in Geography thesis written in the University of Chile, titled Residential Segregation and Inequality in the Access to Collective Education, Culture, and Recreation Services in Bogotá-Colombia. It carries out a critical discussion of the factors that influence the socio-spatial segregation of the population and their effects on accessibility to urban services faculties. On the basis of a territorial and statistical analysis, it shows how the characteristics of Bogotá's urban model have led to a strong correlation between spatial patterns of high socioeconomic segregation and low quality of life. This segregation reinforces the low-income population's negative conditions, deriving from unequal access to collective services, mainly education, culture, and recreation, which are spaces theoretically recognized due to the production of social capital and, therefore, of social integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is the development of an accessibility estimation method as a transport policy assessment tool based on the state of the art of the accessibility concept and measurement techniques, and available information directly related to socioeconomic data, transport demand and supply characteristics for specific areas of Bogotá. Study areas and indicators are defined in order to determine relevant relationships between transport and access to opportunities for individuals with specific socioeconomic characteristics and present mobility conditions. In addition, evaluation of restricted travel budgets scenarios defined both by the standard transport theory and individuals is performed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]