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Urban development and urban transport: the Medellín tramway, 1919-1950

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  • Juan Santiago Correa

    (Universidad Externado de Colombia)

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This paper analyses how the Medellín elite developed a mass-transport system, the urban tramway, during the first decades of the 20th century. This project supported the city’s industrialisation and facilitated constructing working-class neighbourhoods in the periphery. The elite’s progressive perspective combined advancing their private interests with a concern for public welfare and the needs of a growing urban area

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  • Juan Santiago Correa, 2003. "Urban development and urban transport: the Medellín tramway, 1919-1950," Colombian Economic Journal, Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Economicas, Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad del Valle, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, vol. 1(1), pages 59-94, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cej:primer:v:1:y:2003:i:1:p:59-94
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    urban development; urban transport;

    JEL classification:

    • R22 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Other Demand

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