Social segregation: spatial distribution and construction in Metropolitan Lima
The spatial segregation is a feature of metropolitan partners; in the case of Lima it is related to income level and social factors. In this case, the study of socio-spatial segregation from a geographic viewpoint is advantageous and timely. This is because of geography has an undiscovered potential...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Espacio y Desarrollo |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/espacioydesarrollo/article/view/7588 |
| Summary: | The spatial segregation is a feature of metropolitan partners; in the case of Lima it is related to income level and social factors. In this case, the study of socio-spatial segregation from a geographic viewpoint is advantageous and timely. This is because of geography has an undiscovered potential to articulate the basis for a social and human inclusion based on knowledge and apprehension of space, in a world marked and «segregated» by incontrovertible geographical andsocial differences. In turn it breaks up old paradigms in Latin American urban research, whichis based on the acceptance of «concerted» truths without proper scientific experimentation. |
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| ISSN: | 1016-9148 |