Public green spaces and social housing

Spatial distribution and quality in the city of Córdoba (Argentina)

Abstract

Housing policies seek to resolve the housing deficit but do not take into account the location, generally peripheral, with minimal infrastructure. Among the shortcomings presented by social housing neighborhoods, the lack of access to quality green spaces stands out, which would provide benefits in terms of health, environment and sociability. This paper analyzes, with a quantitative and qualitative methodology, the spatial distribution and quality of green spaces in the city of Córdoba (Argentina), since the hypothesis is supported that the beneficiaries of social housing have fewer opportunities to access a space. green. quality. It is shown that there is an unequal distribution of this resource in the city and that its quality is low in the neighborhoods analyzed. The conclusions provide reflections on housing policies and their spatial distribution that restrict access opportunities to satisfactory housing for the popular sectors, intensifying conditions of urban inequality