DIVERSIDAD DE TIPOS SOCIO-RESIDENCIALES EN LA EXPANSIÓN URBANA DE LA PLATA (BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA)

Abordaje metodológico y resultados preliminares de su caracterización entre los años 2004 y 2022

Abstract

The research project “Collective practices of middle sectors for access to land and recent urban expansion in La Plata, Buenos Aires”, has as one of its objectives to identify and characterize the modalities in which land subdivision processes and urban-residential expansion on the periphery of the city of La Plata are being carried out in recent years. In order to contribute to this objective, a methodological procedure was built for the analysis of satellite images available in Google Earth and a reading was carried out in two time sections -2004 and 2022-, which allowed us to build an approach to the forms of urban expansion. residential area of ​​the municipal territory. From this process of analysis and debate, a series of “socio-residential macro types” were identified that have led these transformations in the last 20 years. The work attempts to systematize the methodological approach carried out, and show some preliminary quantitative results.