The work structure starts with the introduction, in which the previous processes that frame the study and the attempt to make a contribution to the theoretical and practical bases for the management of extreme social conflicts is evidenced. The focus is on the definition of homicidal violence in the border city of Cucuta and the formulation of strategies to help on its mitigation. The methodological approach starts from a transdisciplinary, a phenomenological, an epistemological, a dialogue and a reconciliation approach on the urban violence in Cucuta. It addresses the conceptualization of social conflicts and their manifestation in urban settings, and then contextualizes and interprets the multidimensional relations human beings establish in the territory of the city under study. Subsequently, the results are presented, represented in an interpretive, quantitative and qualitative approach of the social conflicts that occur in border areas, in the identification of the elements that make up the dynamics of homicidal violence in Cucuta and from these, a set of guidelines and strategies to mitigate violence in that city is formulated, as a contribution to strengthening the defense and social participation scenarios of the victims, to build citizenship and the search for human dignity.

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This article presents a theoretical and conceptual synthesis on relevant aspects of the ecological and aesthetic dimensions that define the urban landscape attributes. The city, as product and creation, has its characteristics, elements, qualities and relationships that can be perceived and interpreted under the light of the viewer, so that its definition embraces both an objective and a subjective analysis. Ecology provides a systemic perspective of the urban dynamics observed in the interaction of its natural and social-cultural factors; aesthetics encompasses perception from the visual contact, with the elements of the landscape, to sensations, feelings and conditions that influence the interpretation. The multidimensional nature based on the eco-aesthetics conception of the urban landscape attributes is a fundamental base to determine the analysis indicators of visual quality oriented to the , urban design practice.

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Scientific and technological development which began during the eighteenth century and that continue to this day, allowed man to subdue and exploit nature in order to meet his biological and cultural needs. During this process, science and research have been seen as a fundamental driving foce for development. However human excesses in the use of technological advances have caused huge environmental problems. Nevertheless, scientific research continues to have an excellent reputation and is one of the great commitments man has to reverse (at this point mitigate) the great environmental imbalance we have caused. This approach has opened the possibility to investigate the environmental from a holistic and systemic vision. This paper analyzes how integrated environmental research is in National Research Policies. In order to do this the National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (NSTIP) and the National Strategic Plan for Environmental Research (NSPER), developed by Colciencias and the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development (MEHTD) respectively are taken as reference. As a result of this comparative analysis, an accentuated conceptual and methodological breaking up between National Research Policies proposed by Colciencias and Plans and Environmental Research Strategies proposed by the Ministry of Environment (MEHTD) was established as the main conclusion.