Gentrificación en Chile: aportes conceptuales y evidencias para una discusión necesaria

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  • Ernesto López-Morales Universidad de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-34022013000300003

Keywords:

Gentrification, ground rent, displacement, exclusion, Santiago de Chile

Abstract

For the last decade, Latin America and Chile have seen intensive class-led processes of urban restructuring, namely gentrification. This article offers a critical revision of gentrification theory whilst emphasizing what is regular versus what is contingent (or particular) of the process, in order to better engage the local debate with the global academia. In a second part, the article substantiates a hypothesis about the politico-economic character of the processes of gentrification experienced by the major Chilean cities, focusing on the case of the inner city of Santiago as the most representative. We analyze evidence on potential increases in ground rent levels and the monopoly captured by real estate firms, as well as subsequently deliberate processes of capitalized ground rent devaluation and thus social displacement of low-income residents

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Author Biography

Ernesto López-Morales, Universidad de Chile

Departamento de Urbanismo

How to Cite

López-Morales, E. . (2021). Gentrificación en Chile: aportes conceptuales y evidencias para una discusión necesaria. Revista De Geografía Norte Grande, (56), 31–52. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-34022013000300003

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