Región Metropolitana : implicaciones ambientales desde su diseño organizacional e institucional

Abstract

The Bogotá-Cundinamarca Metropolitan Region was created by the legislative act N.02 in 2020, as a cutting-edge frame of territorial associativity that allows the strengthening of intergovernmental relations among close municipalities through horizontal cooperation systems, aimed at the execution of programs that help communities in matters related with environment, mobility, utilities, public safety, food, and marketing. This investigation aims to determine the environmental implications as well as the institutional design that the Bogotá-Cundinamarca Metropolitan Region carries itself, as well as to categorize the most relevant elements that make it a public associative scheme, which in turn allows to make a comparative analysis with another related district; the Area Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá AMVA—like a territorial sketch with the best developed as an environmental authority—. It is expected that the results of this investigation bring helpful results that allow the incorporation of those benefits found in the AMVA, which could solve future difficulties that the Metropolitan Region presents if it wants to be an Environmental Authority. The method and nature of the paradigm of this research is qualitative, carried out using semi-structured interviews, literature review and relevant legal regulations.