Industrial Transformations and Urban Expansion in the County of Pilar: The Inefficiency of Capitalism in the Process of Construction of the Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires
The principles and metaphors of the mainstream in economics cling to the notion of efficiency in relation to perfect conditions of market. We will resort to its critic (particularly to the classic notion of invisible hand) from different streams in economics and to a characterization of the historic...
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Centro de Estudios de Historia Económica Argentina y Latinoamericana (CEHEAL)
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/455 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=hindus&d=455_oai |
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| Sumario: | The principles and metaphors of the mainstream in economics cling to the notion of efficiency in relation to perfect conditions of market. We will resort to its critic (particularly to the classic notion of invisible hand) from different streams in economics and to a characterization of the historical process of capital accumulation, in order to analyze the results that these mechanisms produce in the conformation of the city. In this sense, capitalism inefficiency generates socio-territorial inequalities (and inefficiencies) that became more complex the analysis, when adding spatial dimension. For it, we will refer briefly to the process of urban construction and expansion in a periurban district of Buenos Aires, according to the study of the role that some main actors play: state, land developers and industrial capital. Recent territorial transformations which characterize Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region (RMBA), are representatively present in Pilar district (third belt) in a smaller scale: new centres, strengthen by modernization in transport and communications infrastructure, segregated and “self-segregated” urban spaces (residential, industrial and services) coexisting with periurban horticulture. This paper studies industrial development of this district in metropolitan fringe, which is explained mainly by Parque Industrial Pilar performance, during “plan de convertibilidad” as well as after 2002 devaluation. Finally, it argues since the separation between industrial development and lack of a coordinated urban development policy in RMBA scale. |
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