GENTRIFICATION IN CIUDAD VIEJA. A quantitative approach to the process in the historic centre of Montevideo (2011-2019)

Authors

  • Agustin Viera Casanova FADU, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo; Universidad de la República, Uruguay

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.12502

Abstract

In the last two decades, the historic center of Montevideo has been the subject of urban renewal policies. This
alarmed a certain part of its population, who claim that a gentrification process is taking place. This work
proposes to analyze this process through a quantitative methodology. It consists of the study of households
based on disaggregated statistical data in five variables: level of education, level of income, number of
members, type of housing tenure, and their relocations within the city. The case study is the Ciudad Vieja
neighborhood of the city of Montevideo, Uruguay, between 2011 and 2019. The results suggest that this area
shows a high level of predisposition to be gentrified and that displacement is occurring there. However, a
traditional gentrification process is not being verified.

 

Keywords:
Gentrification, socio spatial dynamics, gentrifiability.
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Published

2024-03-06

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SIIU2023_LISBOA