The urban and residential renewal of the downtown of Santiago: New inhabitants, significant sociospatial changes

Authors

  • Yasna Contreras Gatica Geógrafo, PUC. Magíster en Desarrollo Urbano y Candidata a Doctor en Arquitectura y Urbanismo, PUC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612011000300005

Keywords:

urban centres, gentrification, mobility

Abstract

Parallel to the process of suburban expansion in the Latin American cities and especially in Santiago of Chile a centrifugal residential and spatial movement is observed. This movement values the attributes of location of central spaces, thus raising the thesis of the return of the consolidated city. This movement begins in the nineties, when the municipality of Santiago carries out a Repopulation Plan that was oriented to the generation of a supply of new housing in of deteriorated zones and in consolidated and well connected districts. Works of road and urban improvement, the arrival of cultural and commercial supply and the arrival of new urban inhabitants --specifically young and adult professionals and technicians, who positioned and consolidated the downtown area as one of the more dynamic residential spacesÍ€”were added.

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Published

2024-12-31

How to Cite

Contreras Gatica, Y. (2024). The urban and residential renewal of the downtown of Santiago: New inhabitants, significant sociospatial changes. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 37(112). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612011000300005

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