Análisis de viabilidad y la conveniencia de la selección e implementación de un Esquema Asociativo Territorial tipo Área metropolitana o provincia para la zona central del Urabá antioqueño

Abstract

The banana area of Urabá Antioqueño, made up by the municipalities of Apartadó, Carepa, Chigorodó and Turbo District, has a strategic geopolitical position, which has been described as the best corner of America -- These municipalities are characterized by being geographically concentrated, socially and economically dynamic, and have an accelerated population growth, in part, thanks to a thriving agro-industry oriented to the exportation of bananas to the European and the United States markets -- In Colombia, by constitutional provision and with the issuance of the Territorial Ordinance Law (Law 1454 of 2011) the range of possibilities was opened oriented to the creation of territorial associative schemes -- This article analyzes the feasibility and convenience of the selection and implementation of an associative model such as a Metropolitan Area or Province in the banana area of the Urabá region with the expectation of facing the new challenges of organization, development and regional planning -- Among the results of this article is that, due to an apparent lack of political decision of the actors involved and the lack of legal security that the creation of Administrative and Planning Provinces in the Department of Antioquia may have, and considerating the similarity of the objects and functions that can be developed by using any of the two schemes for the banana area of Urabá, the creation and implementation of a Metropolitan Area is the final recommendation of this paper