In-formality in access to housing for Latin American migrants: a case study of an intermediate Chilean city

Contreras, Yasna; Neville, Laura; González, Rodrigo

doi:10.1080/19491247.2019.1627841

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“…As a consequence, people were pushed to use new spaces unfitted for occupation hat in turn deepened socio-spatial segregation. Contreras et al ( 2019 ) reflect that the "pro-business urbanism in Chilean cities" is responsible for the absence of affordable housing in city centres, which has also generated exclusion. The lack of adequate and integrative housing policies has increased the installation of self-built houses in risk areas.…”

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Development, urban planning and political decisions. A triad that built territories at risk

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Chilean geography exposes the country to high-level risks such as earthquakes and tsunamis. The disasters of 1930, 1960, 2010, and 2014 testify to the continuous link between human survival and disasters. However, new hazards have appeared ever since –i.e. flood waterlogging, wildfires, and landslides–, highlighting the relationship between current land uses and space occupation with increasing levels of disaster risk. This research aims to determine relations and responsibilities of the Chilean developmental approach in urban planning and territorial governance processes that have created new territories prone to disaster risk. We resort to a longitudinal analysis from 1930 to 2018 at the Gran Concepción metropolitan area as a proxy of Chilean industrialization and economic development approaches. To do so, we developed mixed-approach descriptive research, for which we collected data from national development policies and documented land occupation processes during pre-dictatorship, dictatorship and post-dictatorship periods. Semi-structured interviews with decision-makers involved in current territorial policy were also carried out. The findings show how territorial governance resulted from political visions around different development paths, wherein the concept of risk is weakly perceived among decision-makers. This perception is linked to narrow economic goals and the understanding of land as a barely regulated marketable asset, profoundly affected by segregated urban planning.

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“…Because of these compounded impacts and the fragmented production opportunities, the possibility of finding a ‘good’ job is a function of positioning – which involves assigning economic activities and rewards to a specific place or location. Urban studies literature (Contreras et al, 2019; de Duren and Ruth, 2018; Sabatini, 2003) has flagged the effects of increased demand for land and housing in sites that are closely integrated with production nodes. As a result, marginalised populations are forced to relocate to places where housing is somewhat affordable, often peri‐urban areas or informal settlements.…”

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Inequality and the Socioeconomic Dimensions of Mobility in Protests: The Cases of Quito and Santiago

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Ludeña

2021

Global Policy

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Mobility is a multifaceted concept with social, economic and political implications. This article reflects on the role of mobility and its relation to precarity in the emergence of protests in both Quito (Ecuador) and Santiago (Chile) in 2019 by examining the interplay between mobility and inequality. It argues that the announced increases in transport and fuel costs in Chile and Ecuador exposed obstacles to spatial and social mobility and existing inequalities. Although the protests arose in response to the announced reduction in fuel subsidies and possible increases in transport costs, we propose that they reflect a deeper issue, relating to the vulnerability of the livelihoods of significant segments of the population, despite the fact that both Quito and Santiago have seen improvements in several poverty and inequality indicators in recent years. We discuss how mobility and geography relate to patterns of structural marginalisation that are not necessarily evident from aggregate economic indicators, and how understanding inequality in terms of the ‘right to the city’ and access to public services explain the protests in both countries as a response to existing segregation and deep‐seated inequalities.

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“…Because of these compounded impacts and the fragmented production opportunities, the possibility of finding a 'good' job is a function of positioningwhich involves assigning economic activities and rewards to a specific place or location. Urban studies literature (Contreras et al, 2019;de Duren and Ruth, 2018;Sabatini, 2003) has flagged the effects of increased demand for land and housing in sites that are closely integrated with production nodes. As a result, marginalised populations are forced to relocate to places where housing is somewhat affordable, often peri-urban areas or informal settlements.…”

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Inequality and the Socioeconomic Dimensions of Mobility in Protests: The Cases of Quito and Santiago

Pabón

Ludeña

2021

SSRN Journal

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Mobility is a multifaceted concept with social, economic and political implications. This article reflects on the role of mobility and its relation to precarity in the emergence of protests in both Quito (Ecuador) and Santiago (Chile) in 2019 by examining the interplay between mobility and inequality. It argues that the announced increases in transport and fuel costs in Chile and Ecuador exposed obstacles to spatial and social mobility and existing inequalities. Although the protests arose in response to the announced reduction in fuel subsidies and possible increases in transport costs, we propose that they reflect a deeper issue, relating to the vulnerability of the livelihoods of significant segments of the population, despite the fact that both Quito and Santiago have seen improvements in several poverty and inequality indicators in recent years. We discuss how mobility and geography relate to patterns of structural marginalisation that are not necessarily evident from aggregate economic indicators, and how understanding inequality in terms of the 'right to the city' and access to public services explain the protests in both countries as a response to existing segregation and deep-seated inequalities. Policy Implications• Policy makers must consider the multifaceted nature of spatial segregation if they wish to understand how access to transport and spatial mobility relate to mechanisms that produce and reproduce inequalities and exclusions in countries with high levels of social stratification.

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In-formality in access to housing for Latin American migrants: a case study of an intermediate Chilean city

Cited by 21 publications

References 29 publications

Development, urban planning and political decisions. A triad that built territories at risk

Development, urban planning and political decisions. A triad that built territories at risk

Inequality and the Socioeconomic Dimensions of Mobility in Protests: The Cases of Quito and Santiago

Inequality and the Socioeconomic Dimensions of Mobility in Protests: The Cases of Quito and Santiago

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