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Sustainable development and urban growth in the Argentine Pampas Region.
Fecha
2003-11Registro en:
Morello, Jorge Helios; Matteucci, Silvia Diana; Rodríguez, Andrea ; Sustainable development and urban growth in the Argentine Pampas Region.; Sage Publications Ltd; Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science; 590; 11-2003; 116-130
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Autor
Morello, Jorge Helios
Matteucci, Silvia Diana
Rodríguez, Andrea
Resumen
This article describes the conflict between rural and urban development in the Pampa Ondulada (Rolling Pampas), the ecological region in which the city of Buenos Aires is located, which is one of the world's richest and most productive agricultural areas. It describes the ecological changes brought by urban growth in periurban and rural areas between 1869 and 1991. It also includes an analysis of the social and economical changes during the past decade (1991-2001) and their effect on ecological services. The article ends with a discussion of the lack of planning over the expansion process of the urban agglomeration, including the so-called suburbia settlements of the middle and upper classes and the speculative pricing of land in advance of its development.