Twin Cities in Amazonian Borders, Case Study of Leticia and Tabatinga
This article focuses on precarious settlements along the border of the twin cities in the Amazon border. This is a case study about the cities of Leticia, Colombia and Tabatinga, Brazil. From this study, it is possible to illustrate that these two cities are being informally integrated in the area,...
| Autor Principal: | Vergel-Tovar, Erik |
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2013
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/cvyu/article/view/5497 |
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This article focuses on precarious settlements along the border of the twin cities in the Amazon border. This is a case study about the cities of Leticia, Colombia and Tabatinga, Brazil. From this study, it is possible to illustrate that these two cities are being informally integrated in the area, and that the settlements studied are transforming the border: the concept of limit is centered on the construction, by part of the inhabitants, of a social space of the territory. From this perspective, the article, first, realizes a comparative study that searches for symmetric and asymmetric aspects analyzing the socioeconomic and physical characteristics of the inhabitants of these settlements. Second, it develops a review of the urban legal framework and Colombian and Brazilian border policies applicable to the case: twin cities. The objective is to formulate an appropriate short and long term international border policy, which can be developed by the local governments of the twin cities Leticia and Tabatinga. The aim of such policy is to manage precarious settlements along the border as a common and shared problem. The research methodology utilized can also be an appropriate research procedure for future urban studies in the twin cities of Leticia and Tabatinga. |
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