DINÁMICAS TERRITORIALES EN UNA ZONA RURAL FRONTERIZA. ESTUDIO DE CASO: CORREGIMIENTO DE AGUA CLARA, NORTE DE SANTANDER, COLOMBIA
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Los márgenes fronterizos entre dos o más países constituyen un territorio de transición, susceptible de convertirse en escenario de positivos intercambios o, en su defecto, de tensiones y controversias, según la situación sociopolítica de los países limítrofes a causa de los fuertes flujos migratorios de personas que van en búsqueda de una mejor calidad de vida, incurriendo en numerosas ocasiones en acciones ilegales e inclusive dramáticas. Sin duda, un fenómeno que conduce a diversas reflexiones subjetivas, propias de los actores y las disciplinas interesadas en el tema. Es este el caso de la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela, específicamente en el margen nororiental del departamento Norte de Santander.El artículo inicia identificando los principales componentes naturales y construidos de este territorio, para después interpretar sus patrones de configuración. Posteriormente, se hace referencia a las interacciones informales entre los dos países dadas a través de unos senderos denominados “trochas”, elementos que configuran una frontera permeable en este territorio. En la parte final, se perfilan algunas alternativas para mitigar el problema, las cuales vislumbran estrategias benéficas basadas en las potencialidades de las zonas periurbanas circundantes a los asentamientos identificados en el área de estudio, siendo núcleos urbanos afectados por diversas dinámicas fronterizas de índole negativa, como sucede en el corregimiento de Agua Clara, en el departamento de Norte de Santander, en este caso punto focal del estudio llevado a cabo en esta zona limítrofe con Venezuela.
Border margins between two or more countries constitute a transition territory, capable of becoming the scene of positive exchanges or, failing that, of tensions and controversies according to the socio-political situation of the bordering countries due to the strong migratory flows of people who they go in search of a better quality of life, infringing on numerous occasions in illegal and even dramatic actions. Undoubtedly, a phenomenon that leads to many reasonings and that in several occasions is handled with a language influenced by unequal views, in large subjective parts, typical of the actors and the disciplines involved in the subject. This is the case of the border between Colombia and Venezuela, specifically in the northeastern margin of the North Department of Santander.The article initially focuses on the identification of the main natural and constructed components and of this territory and then interprets their configuration patterns. Subsequently, reference is made to informal interactions between the two countries given through paths called “trochas” (trails), elements that form a permeable border in this territory. In the final part, some alternatives to mitigate the problem are outlined, which envision beneficial strategies based on the potential of the peri-urban areas surrounding the settlements identified in the study area, all of them urban centers affected by a good number of border dynamics of a negative nature, as in the Agua Clara district, in the department of Norte de Santander, in this case, the focal point of the study carried out in this area bordering Venezuela.
Border margins between two or more countries constitute a transition territory, capable of becoming the scene of positive exchanges or, failing that, of tensions and controversies according to the socio-political situation of the bordering countries due to the strong migratory flows of people who they go in search of a better quality of life, infringing on numerous occasions in illegal and even dramatic actions. Undoubtedly, a phenomenon that leads to many reasonings and that in several occasions is handled with a language influenced by unequal views, in large subjective parts, typical of the actors and the disciplines involved in the subject. This is the case of the border between Colombia and Venezuela, specifically in the northeastern margin of the North Department of Santander.The article initially focuses on the identification of the main natural and constructed components and of this territory and then interprets their configuration patterns. Subsequently, reference is made to informal interactions between the two countries given through paths called “trochas” (trails), elements that form a permeable border in this territory. In the final part, some alternatives to mitigate the problem are outlined, which envision beneficial strategies based on the potential of the peri-urban areas surrounding the settlements identified in the study area, all of them urban centers affected by a good number of border dynamics of a negative nature, as in the Agua Clara district, in the department of Norte de Santander, in this case, the focal point of the study carried out in this area bordering Venezuela.
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Agricultura, áreas periurbanas, dinámicas territoriales, frontera, territorio rural, trochas, Agua Clara, Agriculture, periurban areas, territorial dynamics, border, rural territory, trails, Agua Clara
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