El Rio Magdalena en el crecimiento historico de Honda (Colombia): un caso atípico de morfología urbana en América latina

Abstract

The municipality of Honda (Tolima - Colombia) is located at the convergence of the Grande de la Magdalena River, Gualí and the Seca Stream. Its geographical location constitutes a key structuring node for regional development in the Colombian historical context. Since its formation, Honda has been configured in an atypical way to the other Latin American cities traced with the imprint of the checkerboard. The objective of the study is to recognize the relevance of the Grande de la Magdalena River, its tributaries and the geomorphological conditions of the place as relevant elements in its urban transformation closely related to the environment. Primary sources, historical archive, literature and planimetry referring to settlement and colonization processes are investigated, which is then contrasted with current cartography and satellite photographs that provide new graphic and theoretical material that expands the explanation of fluvial activity in the historical context of Honda and its national repercussion.