Collective approaches to improving low-income neighborhoods. Particularities of the La Plata case, 2000-2015

Low-income housing is a large-scale problem in cities in the Global South. Thousands of low-income neighborhoods have emerged there, characterized by precarious housing, deficient infrastructure and services, and unstable land tenure. Their inhabitants drive improvements in their territories on a da...

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Autor principal: Di Croce Garay, Andrea
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/crn/article/view/8868
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Sumario:Low-income housing is a large-scale problem in cities in the Global South. Thousands of low-income neighborhoods have emerged there, characterized by precarious housing, deficient infrastructure and services, and unstable land tenure. Their inhabitants drive improvements in their territories on a daily basis, sometimes with state support and sometimes collectively. This paper analyzes the improvement of low-income neighborhoods in La Plata (Argentina) between 2000 and 2015, highlighting the links with organizational processes in the local labor market. Based on a methodological strategy that articulates qualitative and quantitative techniques, it presents an interactive mapping that systematizes cases and a resulting temporal and actor-based analysis. The proposal seeks to provide tools for rethinking housing improvement actions from collective and participatory paradigms.