Diagnóstico base para el análisis histórico ambiental en el Municipio de Soacha

Abstract

The municipality of Soacha is the municipality with the largest demographic growth in Colombia. It is a neighbor of the city of Bogotá and it has shared environmental dynamics in the course of the colonial history, and the XX and XXI centuries. This proximity has brought along, management problems and ecological, economic, and social planning problems that have not been avoided by the municipality. These events have been framed in the history of some institutions and in the knowledge of social actors of the municipality, but the history of the municipality has not been compiled for a thorough analysis of why the problems of demographic growth, the management of the industries, the weight of the management plans, and the development plans that have been implemented in the territorial unit conforming the municipality of Soacha. This document unifies the historical information of the municipality of Soacha, developing an environmental characterizationof the municipality, an analysis of the conception of the social actors, the regulations that have had an impact on the territory, as well as the current regulations; and finally, it presents a projection of strategic scenarios for a more comprehensive progress.