Residential segregation in Cordoba Metropolitan Region in the new urbanization model in Argentina: 2001 and 2010 censuses

Abstract

Cordoba, like other cities in Argentina and the world, expands its territory faster than its population. As consequence, its gross residential density has fallen by 1% annually in the last twenty-five years. In this context, the emergence of gated communities on the periphery is consolidated as the predominant land use in this new urbanization model, which is dominated by polarization and socio-spatial fragmentation, as result of the valuation of developable land. The goal of this paper is to provide new evidence on the socioeconomic residential segregation phenomenon —based on the variable average years of schooling of the householders— in the Cordoba Metropolitan Region in 2010. This research also observes the modalities in which the phenomenon operates in this new model of urbanization. Finally, it explores the phenomenon that occurs within the municipalities that make up its metropolitan area.