¿Por qué allí?: Los motivos por los que promotores privados de vivienda social construyen en las periferias de las ciudades de América Latina

Duren, Libertun de; Ruth, Nora

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“…Strangers in various states of economic need, with different social backgrounds and life histories, come to live together in social housing, with the ensuing challenges. In Third World cities especially (though not exclusively), this tends to be in (mega‐)projects located in peripheral areas with infrastructural problems, from marginality to lack of transportation, public services or jobs, and segregation more generally (Libertun De Duren 20172017; Beuf & García 2016; Espinosa, Vieyra, & Garibay 2015; Imilan, Olivera, & Beswick 2016). Bogotá is no exception.…”

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The Normalization of Bogota Social Housing Residents: Class Tensions in Third World Urban Peripheries

2020

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Strangers with different economic needs come to live together in social housing projects, posing an organizational challenge. In most current Latin American cities, this tends to be in standardized complexes with small apartments in segregated peripheries. Many residents change from living in informal neighborhoods to a different type of urban citizenship based on partially subsidized home ownership, which they experience as social mobility. Others already live in the formal city and buy their apartments without a subsidy. How neighbors relate to each other, handle conflicts, and organize becomes a practical problem that worries governments, residents, and developers. This article analyzes tensions in social housing complexes in Bogotá, in relation to national regulations, architectural design, and residents' hopes and aspirations. Based on survey and ethnographic data, it claims that the rigid material and normative environment of social housing negatively affects neighborly relations, resulting in lack of trust, conflicts, and working against a sense of community. It shows that educational community programs serve as vehicles for "normalization" and atomization according to middle-class ideals of citizenship. Residents embrace the restrictions that suit their aspirations for social mobility and inclusion, yet negotiate others in the face of economic need.

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The Normalization of Bogota Social Housing Residents: Class Tensions in Third World Urban Peripheries

2020

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Urban Linkages: A Methodological Framework for Improving Resilience in Peripheral Areas: The Case of Arequipa, Peru

Zeballos-Velarde

2020

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Making the ropes: How daily practices in a booming periurban municipality become durable 'gray' institutions shaping land use

Baird-Zars

2023

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¿Por qué allí?: Los motivos por los que promotores privados de vivienda social construyen en las periferias de las ciudades de América Latina

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

The Normalization of Bogota Social Housing Residents: Class Tensions in Third World Urban Peripheries

The Normalization of Bogota Social Housing Residents: Class Tensions in Third World Urban Peripheries

Urban Linkages: A Methodological Framework for Improving Resilience in Peripheral Areas: The Case of Arequipa, Peru

Making the ropes: How daily practices in a booming periurban municipality become durable 'gray' institutions shaping land use

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