Peri-urban satellite towns in Santiago, Chile: contradictions between residential satisfaction and the financial vulnerability of middle-class peri-urban dwellers

Peri-urban satellite towns in Santiago, Chile: contradictions between residential satisfaction and the financial vulnerability of middle-class peri-urban dwellers

The peri-urban expansion in Santiago, Chile, is related to the development of private satellite towns. The projects developed in the municipality of Lampa deserve some analysis since they shed light on the establishment of emerging middle-income groups in peri-urban areas. Though the process of peri...

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Main Author: Cáceres Seguel, César
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Published: Revista INVI 2015
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spelling oai:ojs.revistas.uchile.cl:article-626652015-11-10T17:18:45Z Peri-urban satellite towns in Santiago, Chile: contradictions between residential satisfaction and the financial vulnerability of middle-class peri-urban dwellers Ciudades satélites periurbanas en Santiago de Chile: paradojas entre la satisfacción residencial y precariedad económica del periurbanita de clase media Cáceres Seguel, César The peri-urban expansion in Santiago, Chile, is related to the development of private satellite towns. The projects developed in the municipality of Lampa deserve some analysis since they shed light on the establishment of emerging middle-income groups in peri-urban areas. Though the process of peri-urbanization of Santiago has been widely studied, the impact of private housing projects on the quality of life of inhabitants remains unclear. Through sixty interviews with inhabitants of Larapinta and Valle Grande, this paper confirms the paradoxical happiness of middle-class peri-urbanites. Such a contradiction emerges from the satisfaction related to the achievement of higher residential standards and the financial vulnerability derived from a lifestyle based on mobility and the availability of private facilities. Far from being a haven of livability, these projects show the vulnerability of middle-income groups with precarious tools to inhabit the private peri-urban sphere. La expansión periurbana de Santiago de Chile se relaciona al desarrollo de ciudades satélites privadas. Los proyectos construidos en la comuna de Lampa resultan interesantes de analizar dado que dan cuenta de la periurbanización de grupos socioeconómicos medios. Aunque la periurbanizacion de Santiago resulta ampliamente investigada, se observa un déficit de comprensión acerca del impacto que proyectos residenciales privados tienen en la calidad de vida del habitante. Mediante sesenta entrevistas con habitantes de las urbanizaciones Larapinta y Valle Grande, se constata una experiencia residencial definible como la felicidad paradójica del periurbanita de clase media. Esta surge de la satisfacción ante la conquista de estándares residenciales superiores, asociado a una precariedad económica surgida de una vida basada en la movilidad y exclusiva disponibilidad de equipamiento privado. Estos proyectos lejos de constituir oasis de calidad de vida, exhiben la vulnerabilidad de grupos medios con precarias herramientas para habitar la peri-urbia privada. Revista INVI 2015-09-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62665 Revista INVI; Vol. 30 Núm. 85 (2015); 83-108 0718-8358 0718-1299 spa https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62665/66566 https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62665/66595
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Peri-urban satellite towns in Santiago, Chile: contradictions between residential satisfaction and the financial vulnerability of middle-class peri-urban dwellers
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title Peri-urban satellite towns in Santiago, Chile: contradictions between residential satisfaction and the financial vulnerability of middle-class peri-urban dwellers
title_short Peri-urban satellite towns in Santiago, Chile: contradictions between residential satisfaction and the financial vulnerability of middle-class peri-urban dwellers
title_full Peri-urban satellite towns in Santiago, Chile: contradictions between residential satisfaction and the financial vulnerability of middle-class peri-urban dwellers
title_fullStr Peri-urban satellite towns in Santiago, Chile: contradictions between residential satisfaction and the financial vulnerability of middle-class peri-urban dwellers
title_full_unstemmed Peri-urban satellite towns in Santiago, Chile: contradictions between residential satisfaction and the financial vulnerability of middle-class peri-urban dwellers
title_sort peri-urban satellite towns in santiago, chile: contradictions between residential satisfaction and the financial vulnerability of middle-class peri-urban dwellers
description The peri-urban expansion in Santiago, Chile, is related to the development of private satellite towns. The projects developed in the municipality of Lampa deserve some analysis since they shed light on the establishment of emerging middle-income groups in peri-urban areas. Though the process of peri-urbanization of Santiago has been widely studied, the impact of private housing projects on the quality of life of inhabitants remains unclear. Through sixty interviews with inhabitants of Larapinta and Valle Grande, this paper confirms the paradoxical happiness of middle-class peri-urbanites. Such a contradiction emerges from the satisfaction related to the achievement of higher residential standards and the financial vulnerability derived from a lifestyle based on mobility and the availability of private facilities. Far from being a haven of livability, these projects show the vulnerability of middle-income groups with precarious tools to inhabit the private peri-urban sphere.
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