scholarly journals Procesos y lógicas de las urbanizaciones cerradas en áreas metropolitanas: Bogotá, Colombia y Buenos Aires, Argentina

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 55-78
Author(s):  
Alejandro Mendoza Jaramillo
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
American City ◽  
Land Occupation ◽  
American Cities

Resumen: El presente artículo hace un breve recorrido por las lógicas y procesos en torno a uno de los fenómenos de ocupación del suelo más difundidos en las ciudades latinoamericanas –Urbanizaciones Cerradas (UC) –, aterrizado en las áreas metropolitanas de Bogotá y Buenos Aires. En este sentido, se busca develar las particularidades y similitudes en la instalación de ese producto inmobiliario y su posible incidencia en la configuración de dos metrópolis, leído a través de tres dimensiones (crecimiento poblacional, instalación de UC y configuración urbana). ___Palabras clave: Urbanizaciones cerradas, áreas metropolitanas, ciudad latinoamericana. ___Abstract: The present article makes a brief tour of the logics and processes around one of the phenomena of land occupation most widespread in the Latin American cities –Closed Urbanizations (UC)–, landed in the metropolitan areas of Bogota and Buenos Aires. In this sense, we seek to uncover the peculiarities and similarities in the installation of this real estate product and its possible impact on the configuration of two metropolis, read through three dimensions (population growth, UC installation and urban configuration). ___Keywords: Closed urbanizations, metropolitan areas, Latin American city. ___Recibido: 31 de Julio de 2016. Aceptado: 5 Septiembre de 2016.

Latin American Cities: Aspects of Function and Structure

1962 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Morse
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
New World ◽  
American City ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

This essay will advance two interrelated hypotheses about the Latin American city. The first of them has to do with the role of the city in the settlement of the New World. The second suggests certain characteristics of the modern Latin American metropolis.

Atmospheric pollution and mortality. A comparative study between two Latin American cities: Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Santiago (Chile)

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosana Abrutzky ◽  
Sergio Ibarra ◽  
Patricia Matus ◽  
Patricia Romero Lankao ◽  
Victoria Pereyra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Atmospheric Pollution ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
American Cities

scholarly journals Latin American Cities in the Eighteenth Century: A Sketch

2013 ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woodrow Borah
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Cultural Models ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
Urban Settlement ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Approximate Doubling ◽  
Made In

In Latin America the eighteenth century was a time of approximate doubling of the population and considerable economic development and reorientation of the economy. Urban settlement reflected these changes. The bulk of urban growth was by replication of existing patterns into areas of new settlement. Some expansion of older cities and heightening of urban functions took place. In the reordering of regional economies, Buenos Aires, Havana, and Rio de Janeiro profited; Lima failed to prosper. Within existing and new cities, much building replaced older structures in more durable materials, and, in the largest, multi-family, multi-storied structures appeared. Following developments in Europe, beginnings were made in paving streets, providing lighting, installing drains, and so-forth. In similar wise, administration adopted new forms and social welfare was reorganized for more efficient response to natural disasters. Cultural models, copied from Europe, even included the beginning of cafés.

Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires: Public Space and Public Consciousness in Fin-de-Siècle Latin America

1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey D. Needell
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Adequate Measure ◽  
The Past ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
American Cities

The Parisian Faubourg Saint Germain and perhaps the Rue de la Paix and the boulevards seemed the adequate measure of luxury to all of the snobs. The old colonial shell of the Latin American cities little approximated such scenery. The example of Baron de Haussmann and his destructive example strengthened the decision of the new bourgeoisies who wished to erase the past, and some cities began to transform their physiognomy: a sumptuous avenue, a park, a carriage promenade, a luxurious theater, modern architecture revealed that decision even when they were not always able to banish the ghost of the old city. But the bourgeoisies could nourish their illusions by facing one another in the sophisticated atmosphere of an exclusive club or a deluxe restaurant. There they anticipated the steps that would transmute “the great village” into a modern metropolis.—José Luis Romero

Behavior of land markets and restrictions on housing access in Buenos Aires between 2003 and 2013

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 538-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Baer ◽  
Mark Kauw
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Real Estate Development ◽  
Land Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
The City

Purpose This paper aims to understand the paradoxal development in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where economic growth was not accompanied by improved housing access. The period between the years 2003 and 2013 was characterized by a sustained economic growth with social inclusion and a great expansion of both social and private housing supply in the cities of Argentina. However, this growth was not accompanied by an improvement in the overall access to land and housing. On the contrary, the habitation problems in terms of access to formal, environmentally safe and well-located land with decent facilities have worsened. The City of Buenos Aires is one of the places where this paradox is most manifested. Design/methodology/approach The functioning of the land markets and the real estate development in Buenos Aires will be analyzed in the period 2003-2013 in relation to the macroeconomic context, the monetary effort for the acquisition and rent of a formal dwelling and certain logics of urban development. Findings The rhythm of urban land valorization continuously surpassed that of other commodities and services. The expansion of residential production did not improve the access to formal housing. On the contrary, habitation issues have worsened and conflicts concerning access to land, housing and the city have rapidly increased since 2003. Originality/value In a Latin American context, this paper is the first to establish a conceptual relationship based on empirical data between land price dynamics and real estate development. The paper is also original in its identification of a change in valorization rhythm and pattern of real estate development in the past decade (2003-2013).

Latin American Cities

2018 ◽  
pp. 39-51
Author(s):  
Carles Crosas
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Urban Imaginary ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
New Generation ◽  
American Cities

During the nineteenth century, capital cities in Latin America established a new generation of “green” grids, inherited from the tradition of Hispanic colonization that introduced new elements of modernity: technique, transport, and ecology. From hundreds of cases, it is worth paying attention to those that are most outstanding for embodying a number of characteristics: certain isolated condition, perfect geometrical layout, tram connection, “hygienist” inspiration, innovative engineering, new urban imaginary, etc. The brief presentation of some cases in Buenos Aires, México DF, Montevideo, and Sao Paolo leads the authors to assess the outstanding case of El Vedado in La Habana (1859) within its contemporary panorama. This is a canonical grid district settled in a vast and privileged area near the Caribbean Sea, with its quiet tree-lined streets and notable for its exquisite buildings. After 150 years, reviewing the transformation of this unique grid allows one to gain insight regarding the flexibility of urban grids, appreciate the splendour of its past, and explore the potential for its future.

Southern lights: Metropolitan imaginaries in Latin America

Thesis Eleven ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 072551362110439
Author(s):  
Jeremy Smith
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
The Usa ◽  
19Th And 20Th Century ◽  
American Cities

This essay aims to examine metropolitan cities of Latin America with two aspects of the literature in anthropology, history, and sociology in mind. First, the essay addresses an imbalanced focus on cities in the USA and Canada by sketching the significance of migration, creation, and urban development in four major metropolises of Latin America. Second, in place of a framework of urban imaginaries, which has dominated the sociology of Latin American cities in recent years, I argue for a more precise notion of metropolitan imaginaries that better frames the creativity of particular cities and their level of integration into international and regional networks. With this more precise notion, I distinguish southern cities as highly connected places, which attract migrants and bring economic and cultural traffic to their shores, ports, plazas, and streets. They are lively centers of Atlantic modernity with connections that generate greater magnitude for creativity and, as such, bear international significance as places of architecture and urban design. In their informal settlements, impulses of organic creation further distinguish southern metropolises from their North American counterparts. The quality of international and regional connections distinguishes these cities from other urban centers in Latin America, a point underestimated in the literature on urban imaginaries. In this essay, I examine 19th and 20th-century Buenos Aires, Mexico City, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. Each is distinguished from most cities by the magnitude of migration, the diversity of their populations, and the connections they have to global and regional developments. Crucially, each one stands out for the quality and impact of their metropolis-making, particularly in creative architecture and urban design.

scholarly journals Urban models and Green infrastructure in the Latin American cities. An analysis of Buenos Aires city

Huellas ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-106
Author(s):  
Claudia A. Baxendale ◽  
◽  
Gustavo D. Buzai ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Urban Models ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Buenos Aires City

scholarly journals Conpsumptionscapes: videogame stereotypes and Latin-American cities environments. Case: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception / Uncharted 4: The Thief End

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 003
Author(s):  
Claudio Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
American City ◽  
Commercial Space ◽  
Shopping Centres ◽  
Contemporary Life ◽  
Architectural Structures ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Selection Of

The consumption landscape refers to the context in which the daily basic needs of a society are determined. The small store in the neighborhood and the street market are architectural structures or urban spaces which shape the lives of cities as we know them today. Shopping centres are the evolution of these building formats and can characterize contemporary life. The exercise proposed by this article is to review the condition of the contexts of consumption in which the narrative of video games are developed through the study and selection of cases (Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception / Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End). These demonstrate that the urban landscape with which our cities are represented appears as scenarios loaded with stereotypes. The emphasis of this research is on the representation of the historical Latin American city as a spatially modelled and stereotyped territory where the narrative is contextualized. This article does not focus on how the story develops within a commercial space but instead proposes a transversal idea that the consumption contexts are landscapes determined by cultural logics where the plot occurs. Consumption landscapes are the simultaneous spatial, cultural and historical constructions that give meaning to a narrative and represent an augmented reality of our cities: extensive, immersive and suggestive, but also perverse.

scholarly journals Publicidad formal de servicios inmobiliarios en Bogotá y Latinoamérica, ¿otro “termómetro” del crecimiento urbano? / Formal Advertising of Real Estate Services in Bogotá and Latin America: Another Barometer of Urban Growth?

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 709
Author(s):  
Carlos Roberto Peña Barrera
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
City Growth ◽  
The World ◽  
On Line ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Yellow Pages ◽  
American Cities

Los objetivos más importantes de esta investigación son los siguientes: 1) comprobar la hipótesis de que el crecimiento de las ciudades también puede medirse valiéndose del análisis de los datos que se pueden extraer de los avisos publicitarios de las empresas que prestan servicios relacionados con el ámbito inmobiliario y que aparecen en las páginas amarillas en papel y virtuales; 2) comparar los resultados de estos datos con las cifras de población, viviendas, superficies urbanas, PIB y censo catastral inmobiliario. Para ello se extrajeron los datos del directorio de Bogotá de los años que permitieran compararse con las fechas en las que se llevaron a cabo los últimos censos de población y vivienda (1993 y 2005), y también para 2008, a fin de que el panorama fuera más reciente; también se tomaron los datos de las páginas amarillas virtuales de algunas de las más importantes ciudades de Latinoamérica, para el año 2009. En el caso de Bogotá se comprobó que su crecimiento urbano es directamente proporcional al del número de empresas inmobiliarias, y en el de algunas ciudades de Latinoamérica se corroboró que sucede prácticamente lo mismo. En suma, se pudo concluir que analizar estos datos es una opción importante para medir el crecimiento urbano, por lo menos para las últimas dos décadas, pero también un indicador innovador para monitorear el crecimiento de muchas ciudades del mundo que publiquen páginas amarillas virtuales. AbstractThe main objects of this research are given below: 1) prove the hypothesis that city growth can also be measured by using the analysis of data extracted from real estate companies’ advertisements, published in the paper and on-line versions of the Yellow Pages; 2) compare the results of these data with population, housing, urban area, GDP and real estate land census figures. To this end, data were obtained from the Bogotá directory for the years that permitted a comparison between the dates when the last population and housing censuses (1993 and 2005) were carried out and 2008, to provide a more recent overview. Data were also taken from the virtual Yellow Pages of certain major Latin American cities in 2009. In the case of Bogotá, urban growth proved to be directly proportional to the number of real estate firms, as it did in a number of Latin American cities. In short, analyzing these data is an important means of measuring urban growth at least for the last two decades. It is also an innovative indicator for monitoring thegrowth of many cities in the world that publish virtual Yellow Pages.

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