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Regiones funcionales en los municipios del norte del departamento del Magdalena en Colombia: un enfoque desde el modelo clásico de Christaller

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  • José Alfonso Sáenz Zapata
  • Néstor Garza

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Resumen: El objetivo de este artículo es identificar las regiones funcionales en los municipios del norte del departamento del Magdalena en Colombia, usando la teoría de los lugares centrales de Christaller. El diseno empírico se basa en teoría de grafos, usando una muestra aleatoria. Se encontraron lugares centrales de primer (Santa Marta y Barranquilla) y segundo orden (Ciénaga, Fundación y Pivijay), a los cuales acuden las personas a comprar bienes y servicios que no encuentran en sus lugares de habitación. Se sugiere mejorar la malla vial secundaria y terciaria entre los corregimientos y los lugares centrales identificados en el estudio, además del diseno de una microrregionalización, con la cual se puede acercar más la administración del Estado a la realidad territorial local ***** Abstract: The objective of this article is to identify functional regions in northern Magdalena region of Colombia, using the theory of the central places of Christaller. The empirical design is based on the Graph Theory and uses a random sample. We find that the region has two First Order Central Places (Santa Marta and Barranquilla), and three Second Order Central Places (Ciénaga, Fundación and Pivijay). Consumers attend the first and second order central places to obtain products. It is suggested that with the described spatial structure, improvements in secondary and tertiary roads between small settlements and the identified central places might improve development conditions. This exercise is useful for micro-regionalization efforts, where the State administration is brought closer to the local territorial reality.

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  • José Alfonso Sáenz Zapata & Néstor Garza, 2019. "Regiones funcionales en los municipios del norte del departamento del Magdalena en Colombia: un enfoque desde el modelo clásico de Christaller," Revista Cuadernos de Economia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID, vol. 38(77), pages 461-491, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000093:017458
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    Keywords

    Graph theory; spatial analysis; central place theory; Magdalena; Colombia; teoría de grafos; regiones funcionales; teoría de los lugares centrales; Magdalena; Colombia;
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    JEL classification:

    • R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R19 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Other

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