An Including Social Housing in Liberia? The Case of an Intermediate City in Costa Rica

This article presents an empirical study, which analyzes the characteristics of those social housing projects implemented in the medium-sized city of Liberia, in Costa Rica, and their relationship to the territorial distribution of inequality and urban poverty. The dynamic economic growth of the pro...

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第一著者: De la Espriella, Carlos
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spelling oai:ojs.revistas.uchile.cl:article-621342020-03-04T15:06:20Z An Including Social Housing in Liberia? The Case of an Intermediate City in Costa Rica ¿Una vivienda social incluyente en Liberia? El caso de una ciudad intermedia de Costa Rica. De la Espriella, Carlos This article presents an empirical study, which analyzes the characteristics of those social housing projects implemented in the medium-sized city of Liberia, in Costa Rica, and their relationship to the territorial distribution of inequality and urban poverty. The dynamic economic growth of the province of Guanacaste and in particular of its capital, the city of Liberia, is widely recognized in Costa Rica. Unfortunately, this growth is accompanied by a process of socio-economic polarization. Particularly, and after conducting an urban analysis, it was found that the implementation of social housing projects have benefited almost 20% of its population -mostly very poor households-, yet it was also found that its implementation has contributed to the generation of what could be referred as 'enclaves of poverty' in the northern corner of the city, reducing the possibilities for development of those households. The study evidence the potential that urban planning and the implementation of the housing policy has on collaborating to promote equity and inclusiveness, in addition to its direct objective of providing decent housing to those household in need. Este artículo presenta un estudio empírico de la ciudad intermedia costarricense de Liberia, el cual analiza las características de los proyectos de Vivienda de Interés Social (VIS) implementados en esa ciudad y su relación con la distribución urbana de la pobreza y la inequidad territorial. El pujante crecimiento económico de la ciudad de Liberia, y de su provincia Guanacaste, es ampliamente conocido en Costa Rica, pero no lo es el proceso de polarización socio-económica en el que se encuentra. Particularmente, y luego de la aplicación de una novedosa metodología para el análisis urbano, se encontró que si bien la implementación de los proyectos VIS ha beneficiado a cerca del 20% de su población -mayoritariamente a familias muy pobres-, también ha contribuido a la generación de lo que podría llamarse 'enclaves de pobreza' al costado norte de la ciudad, reduciendo las posibilidades de desarrollo de las familias que allí residen. El estudio, que a continuación se presenta, pone en evidencia el potencial que tiene la planificación urbana y la implementación de la política social de vivienda, para, más allá de entregar viviendas dignas a quienes las necesitan, también colaborar en la consecución de ciudades más incluyentes y sociedades más equitativas Revista INVI 2007-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62134 Revista INVI; Vol. 22 Núm. 59 (2007): Temática Libre 0718-8358 0718-1299 spa https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62134/65775 https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62134/66307
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title_short An Including Social Housing in Liberia? The Case of an Intermediate City in Costa Rica
title_full An Including Social Housing in Liberia? The Case of an Intermediate City in Costa Rica
title_fullStr An Including Social Housing in Liberia? The Case of an Intermediate City in Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed An Including Social Housing in Liberia? The Case of an Intermediate City in Costa Rica
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description This article presents an empirical study, which analyzes the characteristics of those social housing projects implemented in the medium-sized city of Liberia, in Costa Rica, and their relationship to the territorial distribution of inequality and urban poverty. The dynamic economic growth of the province of Guanacaste and in particular of its capital, the city of Liberia, is widely recognized in Costa Rica. Unfortunately, this growth is accompanied by a process of socio-economic polarization. Particularly, and after conducting an urban analysis, it was found that the implementation of social housing projects have benefited almost 20% of its population -mostly very poor households-, yet it was also found that its implementation has contributed to the generation of what could be referred as 'enclaves of poverty' in the northern corner of the city, reducing the possibilities for development of those households. The study evidence the potential that urban planning and the implementation of the housing policy has on collaborating to promote equity and inclusiveness, in addition to its direct objective of providing decent housing to those household in need.
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