Sí£o Paulo, an Unequal Metropolis

Authors

  • Suzana Taschner Departamento de História, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade de São Paulo
  • Lucia Bógus Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612001008000005

Keywords:

urban growth, urban fragmentation, social integration, segregation

Abstract

The contradictions in post-industrial urban development, mainly regarding the so-called third world metropolis in a globalized economy, enhance old social disparities and welcome new "spacial structures", both in rich and poor fractions. The present paper shows an initial view of the socio-spacial segregation. The intra-urban structure of the city of Sao Paulo concentrates the wealthy in central rings, thus making the periphery the domain of the poor. It is the picture of a divided metropolis, with no civility, an urban patchwork quilt where rich and poor enclaves are placed on an indistinct frame.

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Published

2001-05-07

How to Cite

Taschner, S., & Bógus, L. (2001). Sí£o Paulo, an Unequal Metropolis. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 27(80). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612001008000005