Thesis

subject:

Geographical features of
socio-economic segrega4on in
Buenos Aires agglomera4on

The deni0on of Buenos Aires agglomera0on

Urban Con4nuum of
Buenos Aires consists
of :
Autonomous city of
Buenos Aires: 48
sta0s0cal units (barrios)

Greater Buenos Aires:

Autonomous city + 24 stat

units (par0dos) of the
province Buenos Aires

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)

Infrastructural transforma0on of
the city (forma0on of residen0al
blocks, roads etc).

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 congura0on
Massive and chao0c suburbaniza0on of low income popula0on groups
Self constructed houses - Infrastructural deciencies 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

Unsa0sed Basic Needs
o Inconveniences in housing
aspects (precarious houses,
communal houses etc.)
o
o
o
o

Deciencies in sanita0on
(absence of a toilet in the house)
Crowding (more of 3 persons in a
household)
Schooling (kids of 6-12 years old
who dont aQend school)
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