Jonathan Jones 
Jonathan is a first year MPP at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies. He also holds a masters degree in Human Rights from the University of Manchester, where he studied gender-based asylum claims in the United Kingdom. His interests range from migration issues to problems of health care access for traditionally disadvantaged populations.
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On a recent visit to Bogotá, Colombia, I witnessed how immense this city has become. Since 1950, Bogotá has grown from 700,000 inhabitants to approximately 8.5 million (estimate is inclusive of municipalities on the city’s periphery). Looking west from a friend’s terrace in the old colonial district of La Candelaria, I could see the city spreading across the vast Bogotá Savannah – a high plateau that rises to an average of 8500 feet above sea level in the Colombian Andes. However, this seemingly picturesque image conceals a …