Urban Policies in Buenos Aires: An Ethnographic View to Housing Complex Production
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Keywords

Urban policies
housing right
housing complex
ethnography

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Gretel Thomasz, A., & Girola, M. F. (2014). Urban Policies in Buenos Aires: An Ethnographic View to Housing Complex Production. Cuadernos De Vivienda Y Urbanismo, 7(14), 276-292. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.CVU7-14.pubm
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Abstract

In this article we explore the features and particularities of some urban policies implementedin the Buenos Aires city´s south area in different and specific times of their socio-historical evolution, in order to realize the housing right to various social sectors. Todo this, we will examine the main features of the housing plans and programs that gaverise to two social housing complex located in the south area of Buenos Aires: the SoldatiComplex –a very big housing complex built in the ´70s– and the Nueva Pompeya Complex–a smaller housing complex built recently–. The article collects the ethnographicfieldwork that includes the inhabitants` sense constructs and their experiences.
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