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Buenos Aires: fragmentation and privatization of the metropolitan city

CONICET (National Organization for Technical and Scientific Research-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Centro de Estudios Avanzados de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Advanced Studies Centre-University of Buenos Aires), ptpirez{at}mail.retina.ar

This paper describes how Buenos Aires has been affected by changes in political structures and economic orientations that are linked to globalization, including the removal of trade barriers, privatization and "reduced" government. In the absence of any democratic decision making at the metropolitan level, key decisions are left to market forces, especially to the powerful economic actors, including developers and private companies now controlling privatized "public" services. The only true "planning" occurs within large private developments, including the gated communities in which half a million people now live. A growing spatial fragmentation accompanies growing levels of inequality. The metropolitan area fails to provide an arena for its citizens, which means that any general public interest is lost as the built environment is reshaped and constructed in response to private demands.

Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 14, No. 1, 145-158 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/095624780201400112


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