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Socio-Spatial Segregation and the Spatial Structure of ‘Ordinary’ Activities in the Global South

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  • Pablo Muñoz Unceta

    (FabLab Barcelona, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain)

  • Birgit Hausleitner

    (Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft, The Netherlands)

  • Marcin Dąbrowski

    (Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft, The Netherlands)

Abstract

Planning practice in the Global South often defines a border between formal and informal developments ignoring the complex and nuanced reality of urban practices and, consequently, worsening segregation. This article proposes an alternative view of socio-spatial segregation that shifts the distinction between formal/informal towards one that emphasises access to opportunities and their relationship with the spatial structure of the city. Under this alternative framework, applied to the case of the Valle Amauta neighbourhood in Lima, Peru, we reflect on how socio-economic activities, shaped by spatial conditions and social practices, increase or reduce socio-spatial segregation. Our findings suggest that a shift towards strategies aimed at increasing accessibility to centrality, provided by the density of social and economic activities, could offer new opportunities for planning practice and theory in the Global South.

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  • Pablo Muñoz Unceta & Birgit Hausleitner & Marcin Dąbrowski, 2020. "Socio-Spatial Segregation and the Spatial Structure of ‘Ordinary’ Activities in the Global South," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(3), pages 303-318.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:urbpla:v:5:y:2020:i:3:p:303-318
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    1. Vasco Barbosa & Mónica Marcela Suárez Pradilla, 2021. "Identifying the Social Urban Spatial Structure of Vulnerability: Towards Climate Change Equity in Bogotá," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(4), pages 365-379.

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