Cochabamba: a sustainable city?

The present article is of reflective character, which approaches the thematic sustainable city, sin ce it is one of the most studied themes in recent times. This work is an attempt to understand the dynamics of cities and their relationship with sustainable/sustainable de­ velopment from the approach of architecture, to give answers to the following questions such as: what is a sus1ainable city? what are its characteristics or principies that must be met? can any city be transformed into a sustainable city? why the importance of sustainability in today's cities?