"We already know that the city is a mess, but those who lose are those who have the least": The appropriation of coastal spaces in an extractive city
The advance of urbanization through the privatization of coastal spaces is linked to social conflicts that are part of a resistance to environmental injustices. The objective of this work is to analyze the expansion of the real estate market on the coast of a Patagonian extractivist city, taking as...
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Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/etcetera/article/view/38781 |
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| Sumario: | The advance of urbanization through the privatization of coastal spaces is linked to social conflicts that are part of a resistance to environmental injustices. The objective of this work is to analyze the expansion of the real estate market on the coast of a Patagonian extractivist city, taking as an example the case of the "Bajada de los Palitos" beach. From a qualitative approach, we propose highlighting the particular dynamics that the project acquired, but also accounting for the processes of organization of neighbors that were articulated in front of it. The methodological proposal was based on the analysis of journalistic sources, field surveys, the regulations, and an active participation from a dialogue of knowledge with the social actors involved in the defense of the coasts. The distributive ecological conflict made it possible to see how these projects, through greenwashing, fait accompli procedures and state deregulation in matters of territorial ordering, advance on the urban-coastal space of Comodoro Rivadavia. This shows how the access and use of beaches without contamination is guaranteed for limited sectors of the population, while popular use is restricted to those that are degraded by oil extraction or sewage effluents, privatizing not only common goods but also their social and community uses. |
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