Urban Processes and Social Inequality: From the First Cities to the Possibility of New Egalitarian Communities

Urban inequality can be defined as the difference in living conditions between people of the same urban agglomeration. A disparity of status that stands out in the physical structure of the urban fabric – such as in the presence or absence of public transport, basic infrastructure networks, public s...

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Autor: Aletta, Luciano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/28241
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/ensayo/article/view/28241
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Despojo de tierras
Acumulación primitiva
Desigualdad social
Prácticas de los comunes
Tierras comunitarias
Comunidades igualitarias
Land dispossession
Primitive accumulation
Social inequality
Practices of the commons
Community lands
Egalitarian communities
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Sumario:Urban inequality can be defined as the difference in living conditions between people of the same urban agglomeration. A disparity of status that stands out in the physical structure of the urban fabric – such as in the presence or absence of public transport, basic infrastructure networks, public spaces, schools, healthcare centers or housing provision – but above all in the possibilities of its inhabitants to get access to land and to take part in the democratic process of city-making. But how such an imbalance is produced and what is the role of the built space within this process of differentiation? Is the urban fabric simply being shaped by this condition, or it has a major role in the production and reproduction of social injustice?