Estrategia de desarrollo rural para el ordenamiento territorial del centro poblado de San Isidro, San Cayetano, Área metropolitana de Cúcuta

Abstract

In the context of land use planning, the EOT does not include intermediate planning instruments that potentiate the development of rural land and that allow the definition of infrastructure networks within the framework of the main ecological structure and productive activities. In accordance with the above, the objectives of this work were oriented to the definition of a rural development strategy for the San Isidro town center, based on a rural planning unit that allows to potentiate the rural development of the municipality of San Cayetano, North of Santander. To do this, the work was based on a descriptive methodological approach, represented in a documentary case study that allows sequentially addressing aspects of characterization, analysis and synthesis. In the first place, theories, concepts and norms associated with development with a rural approach were identified that most influence the formulation of a rural planning unit in metropolitan contexts. Then, good practices were examined through international and national case studies that made it possible to reveal trends in the management of rural territories in metropolitan settings. Later, the territorial dynamics of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta, the municipality of San Cayetano and the San Isidro town center were analyzed by collecting secondary information and applying Geographic Information Systems. Finally, a territorial occupation strategy was proposed, represented in a rural planning unit for the San Isidro town center, San Cayetano municipality. The results revealed that the San Isidro population center is established as a strategic sub-center, related to the existing conurbation with the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta.