The new model of the Latin America city: fragmentation and privatization

Authors

  • Michael Janoschka Janoschka Universidad Humboldt, Berlín

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612002008500002

Keywords:

gated communities, urban fragmentation, urban geography, economic restructuring

Abstract

Urban structures in Latin America have changed substantially since the first attempts to generalize the cities in a model more than 25 years ago. Influences of globalisation and economic transformation reduced the polarization tendencies between the ciudad rica and the ciudad pobre, while segregation rose on a micro scale. Especially from beginning of the 1990s, typical North American urban forms sprawl over Latin America. The result is a more and more enclosed urban landscape, a loss of public spheres and a change in citizens habits as shown in the case study from Nordelta. The formulation of this innovative model of the privatised and fragmented Latin American city regards these aspects and builds a connection between US-theories and urban development in Latin America.

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Published

2002-12-07

How to Cite

Janoschka, M. J. (2002). The new model of the Latin America city: fragmentation and privatization. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 28(85). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612002008500002

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