Property and territorial organization as constitutional precedents in the public policy of urban planning

Abstract

Are few, dispersed and broad the concrete precedents that speak of an explicit public policy in urban planning in Colombia, what propels to determine national precedents that allows its elaboration. This article presents those of constitutional nature which provide a preliminary conceptualization of public policy and urban planning as default categories of research. The text suggests that urban planning policies are means of consolidation of the general walfare that must come from a constitutional mandate to optimize the social and ecological function of property.