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The Bogotá Metropolitan Region represents a paradox as it is yet to establish a metropolitan entity. The official discourse on the integration of Colombia's capital city, Bogotá Capital District, with its surrounding municipalities is at odds with the reality of uncoordinated governance. This research addresses the local and provincial roles of public and private associations in peripheral municipalities, identifying a profound geographical differentiation between public action largely confined to a provincial scale due to the lack of local public governance capacity and the factors that inhibit effective provincial-scale public action and the way private associations have sought to address consequent gaps in service provision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this research, the current relation between the operative characteristics supplied by the transport infrastructure network of the department of Caldas (Colombia) and the results obtained in the Saber 11 test by educational institutions during 2015 is stablished. This test is the one considered by higher education institutions for admission of new students. Geographic coverage for all the Calda's schools is calculated based on the transport infrastructure network and the results are analysed according to the grade obtained in the test for each institution. The final results allowed stablishing the direct relation between educational quality supplied and the territorial accessibility conditions to the educational institutions in the department, in terms of average travel time invested. The research identifies the relevance of having educational institutions with high accessibility conditions for the community, which would enhance the quality of education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Se analizan aquí algunas de las políticas públicas vinculadas con la organización del territorio de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina) durante la gobernación de Domingo Mercante, procurando establecer en qué consistieron, cuáles fueron sus objetivos y cómo se articularon con el saber disciplinar del planeamiento regional. Se parte del supuesto de que en este momento se hace necesario un cambio en la dimensión técnica de la burocracia pública, para dar respuesta, fundamentalmente, a los problemas territoriales. Como consecuencia tiene lugar una nueva concepción en el tratamiento de la ordenación del territorio, con la incorporación del paradigma del planeamiento regional. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]