Social Mobility and Displacement. A Quantitative Approach to Gentrification in Quito

This paper addresses the debate on the relationship between social stratification and gentrification processes –which has prevailed in the English-speaking world. The objective of this approach is to interpret gentrification either as the result of the “natural” evolution of socio-occupational struc...

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Main Authors:	Martí-Costa, Marc, Duran, Gustavo, Marulanda, Alejandra
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Published:	Revista INVI 2016
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spelling	oai:ojs.revistas.uchile.cl:article-627882016-11-25T17:30:00Z Social Mobility and Displacement. A Quantitative Approach to Gentrification in Quito Entre la movilidad social y el desplazamiento. Una aproximación cuantitativa a la gentrificación en Quito Martí-Costa, Marc Duran, Gustavo Marulanda, Alejandra This paper addresses the debate on the relationship between social stratification and gentrification processes –which has prevailed in the English-speaking world. The objective of this approach is to interpret gentrification either as the result of the “natural” evolution of socio-occupational structures in post-industrial societies of the Global North or as a revanchist mechanism for the colonization of central working-class areas. The relationship between the increase in research on gentrification and the expansion of the Latin American middle class over the last 10 years is not coincidental. Bearing in mind the different historic configuration of social classes in Latin America, this paper argues that the emergence of new social segments in urban central areas is the reason behind the dispute and displacement of lower-income groups. However, the analysis of the situation of Quito (2000-2010) shows that people are not “returning to central areas” but colonizing new peri-urban zones, thus adding depth to segregation and replacement processes in the periphery of the consolidated city. En este artículo abordamos el debate sobre el vínculo entre cambios en la estratificación social y los procesos de gentrificación, el cual ha sido intenso en el mundo anglosajón a fin de interpretar la gentrificación como reflejo de la evolución “natural” de la estructura socio-ocupacional en las sociedades post-industriales del Norte Global o bien como un revanchismo de clase para colonizar las centralidades obreras de las ciudades. No parece casual que el auge de los estudios sobre gentrificación durante la última década en América Latina haya ido de la mano de una ampliación de la clase media en la región. Teniendo en cuenta la diferente configuración histórica de las clases sociales en América Latina, asumimos la tesis que es principalmente la aparición de nuevos grupos sociales atraídos por la centralidad urbana lo que explica la disputa y el desplazamiento de otros grupos de bajos ingresos. Sin embargo, nuestro análisis de la ciudad de Quito muestra que en el periodo analizado (2000-2010) no se detecta, por ahora, una “vuelta al centro”, sino fundamentalmente procesos de colonización de nuevas áreas periféricas, complejizando los procesos de segregación iniciados décadas atrás así como posibles procesos de reemplazamiento en los bordes de la ciudad consolidada. Revista INVI 2016-11-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62788 Revista INVI; Vol. 31 Núm. 88 (2016): Gentrificación y desplazamientos en América Latina; 131-160 0718-8358 0718-1299 spa https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62788/66655 https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62788/66665 https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/about/submissions#copyrightNotice
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title	Social Mobility and Displacement. A Quantitative Approach to Gentrification in Quito
title_short	Social Mobility and Displacement. A Quantitative Approach to Gentrification in Quito
title_full	Social Mobility and Displacement. A Quantitative Approach to Gentrification in Quito
title_fullStr	Social Mobility and Displacement. A Quantitative Approach to Gentrification in Quito
title_full_unstemmed	Social Mobility and Displacement. A Quantitative Approach to Gentrification in Quito
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description	This paper addresses the debate on the relationship between social stratification and gentrification processes –which has prevailed in the English-speaking world. The objective of this approach is to interpret gentrification either as the result of the “natural” evolution of socio-occupational structures in post-industrial societies of the Global North or as a revanchist mechanism for the colonization of central working-class areas. The relationship between the increase in research on gentrification and the expansion of the Latin American middle class over the last 10 years is not coincidental. Bearing in mind the different historic configuration of social classes in Latin America, this paper argues that the emergence of new social segments in urban central areas is the reason behind the dispute and displacement of lower-income groups. However, the analysis of the situation of Quito (2000-2010) shows that people are not “returning to central areas” but colonizing new peri-urban zones, thus adding depth to segregation and replacement processes in the periphery of the consolidated city.
publisher	Revista INVI
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Social Mobility and Displacement. A Quantitative Approach to Gentrification in Quito

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