Population Dynamics in the Colombian Mainland Caribbean (1938-2005)

Abstract

Colombian Mainland Caribbean regional space is organized according to a hard spreading process that since colony has been called “unsuitable areas for settlement”. These areas
are characterized
for their
lowness,
flood, warm,
lengthy
droughts,
and
heavy rains periods
that do not allow enough humidity
among the year,
so
it is unsuitable
for agriculture,
according to several
analysts.
This space has
been occupied
by a population that
has moved between
the
land owning
hope and
the frustration
of loss.
That has been the main cause of a
population dynamic which the study
captures
through
the balance of
migration effects
(SEM
and
ISEM) in
municipalities grouped
into regions, such as
Guhl
and
Fornaguera, who
studied
in the
censuses between 1938
and 1964.
The main objective of this
analysis is to
find relations between
migratory processes
of "rest" (rural area) and
"head" (urban areas),comparing the inter-census periods,
to formulate
possible explanations about
the association that
violent episodes
have with
these
migration processes
and their imprints
on
the spatial organization of
these territories.
The results show cyclical patterns
in rural areas
inversely complementary to
the violent processes that in
some
periods expel
and, in others, attract population.
That only can be understood
from the
particular context of the
conflict in each
shire
while the accumulative effect of what happens
in the regions
is not equal
to the result of
the entire region.
Contrary to expected, its
behavior is different.