Concentración y homogeneidad socioeconómica: representación de la segregación urbana en seis ciudades intermedias de Chile

Fernando Toro; Hernán Orozco

doi:10.5354/0717-5051.2018.48834

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Concentration and socioeconomic homogeneity

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Fernando Toro University College London
Hernán Orozco Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

No. 38 (2018): Junio

https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2018.48834

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Abstract

The present article aims to analyze the study of homogeneity and polarization phenomena associated with urban segregation in six Chilean intermediate cities: Iquique - Alto Hospicio, Antofagasta, La Serena - Coquimbo, Rancagua - Machalí, Talca and Temuco - Padre Las Casas. Methodologically, the case study will be approached through the comparison between the cartographic representation of traditional urban segregation (predominant socioeconomic groups) and a proposal of representation of socioeconomic homogeneity based on the standard deviation between the percentages of each group. Among the cross-sectional results of the research, the presence of: 1) socio-economic heterogeneity in urban centers mainly through groups C2 and C3, with presence of ABC1 and D in some particular cases; 2) social homogeneity in urban peripheries, highlighting groups ABC1 and C3 and; 3) location of low socio-economic groups in areas whose geographical barriers limit their access to centrality.

Keywords:

intermediate cities , residential segregation , social homogeneity , urban growth , urban inequality

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Toro, F., & Orozco, H. (2018). Concentration and socioeconomic homogeneity: representation of urban segregation in six intermediate cities of Chile. Revista De Urbanismo, (38), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2018.48834