Thesis  subject:  

 Geographical  features  of    socio-­‐economic  segrega4on  in  Buenos  Aires  agglomera4on    

The  defini0on  of  Buenos  Aires  agglomera0on  

Urban  Con4nuum  of  Buenos  Aires  consists  of  :  

o  Autonomous  city  of  Buenos  Aires:  48  sta0s0cal  units  (barrios)  

o  Greater  Buenos  Aires:  Autonomous  city  +  24  stat  units  (par0dos)  of  the  province  Buenos  Aires  

o  Agglomera0on  of  Buenos  Aires:  Greater  Buenos  Aires  +  6  stat  units  (par0dos)  of  the  province  of  Buenos  Aires            

The history of formation of socio-economic segregation in Buenos Aires Until 1943 – the formation of a “city of masses”  

Precondi)ons  o  Industrializa0on    o  Interna0onal  migra0on  (from  

Spain,  Italy)  o  Infrastructural  transforma0on  of    

the  city  (forma0on  of  residen0al  blocks,  roads  etc).    

o  Main  trend  on  the  real  estate  market  –  tenancy  

Result    •  Socio-­‐economic  groups  fragmented  

and  randomly  distributed        

1940-1960 – The period of governance of J. Peron  

Precondi)ons:  o   Internal  migra0on    o   Na0onaliza0on  of  transport    o   Issue  of  law-­‐interest  loans  o   Control  over  the  transporta0on  prices  

Results:  •     The  city  doubled  its  area  –  took  nowadays  configura0on  •     Massive  and  chao0c  suburbaniza0on  of  low  income  popula0on  groups    •     Self    constructed    houses  -­‐  Infrastructural  deficiencies  –    absence  of  sewerage,  water  inside  the  household  •   Concentric  paQern  of  distribu0on  of  socio-­‐economic  groups  

 

1960-1990- Alteration of political regimes and neoliberal economical policy  

Preconditions o  Unstable political situation o  Neoliberal economical course o  End of privileges for the low income

populations o  Governmental stimulation of large

housing projects (for middle class) o  Exclusion of the low income

populations from the city center Results §  End of the territorial growth §  More densely populated urban

spaces §  Classical suburbanization (middle,

higher classes) §  Expansion of territories occupied by

slums and gated communities

Modern socio-economic segregation, 2001  

Unsa0sfied  Basic  Needs  o  Inconveniences  in  housing  

aspects  (precarious  houses,  communal  houses  etc.)  

o   Deficiencies  in  sanita0on  (absence  of  a  toilet  in  the  house)    

o  Crowding  (more  of  3  persons  in  a  household)  

o  Schooling  (kids  of  6-­‐12  years  old  who  don’t  aQend  school)  

o  Ability  of  subsistence  (at  least  1  economically  occupied    member  in  the  household)      

Geographical features of service sector distribution in Buenos Aires  

Morphology of different types of residential neighbourhoods (Google Earth)

Spatial expression of the two polarized socio-economic classes  

Gated Communities  Private neighbourhoods,

territorially restricted with walls, fences etc. The entrance require ID.

�  Vast periphery of the agglomeration

�  Great concentration at the north of the agglomeration: landscape, water supplies etc. and the continuity of the “rich zone”

Shanty towns (villas miserias)  On empty or free on any

other type of land use territories

�  Next to industrial and other infrastructural buildings

�  Along the river banks �  Along railroads and

highways �  Around and among Gated

Communities �  At the territorial edges of

the agglomeration

Model of socio-economical segregation of Buenos Aires