Buenos Aires: fragmentation in the interstices of an unequal society

Authors

  • Marie-France Prévôt Schapira Universidad París 8; Investigadora Centre de recherche et de Documentation sur l’Amérique latine (CREDAL).
  • Rodrigo Cattaneo Pineda Universidad París 8 y Centre de recherche et de Documentation sur l’Amérique latine (CREDAL).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612008000300004

Keywords:

urban fragmentation, segregation, metropolitan areas

Abstract

In Latin America, the term "fragmentation" has been the subject of several significant academic debates. Used in all fields of urban research on Latin-American cities (political, economic, and spatial analysis), its diffusion resulted in its adoption as the foundational principle of a new urban model, the fragmented city. Based on empirical research on Ciudad Evita, we argue that fragmentation is a phenomenon that can also be observed in the interstices of an unequal society in the form of actors ' micro-strategies of social distinction and negotiation in the context of social polarization and contradictory and intermittent urban policies.

Published

2008-12-02

How to Cite

Prévôt Schapira, M.-F., & Cattaneo Pineda, R. (2008). Buenos Aires: fragmentation in the interstices of an unequal society. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 34(103). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612008000300004