Participación popular en la producción del hábitat. El caso del Área Metropolitana de Tucumán-Argentina

Abstract

The inhabitants of the urban slums in Tucuman struggle in pursuing good habitat conditions through various strategies including their collective insurrection. The conditions of participation in the described processes can be explored through research and analysis strategies at different scales. Regarding the socio-historical dynamics of the urban agglomerate in Tucuman, these processes can be studied by taking into account the urban expansion that occurred between 1976 and 2008 through the use of geographic information systems. The urban residential structure is the model for understanding metropolitan patterns of social participation in the process of production of popular habitat. This research reveals how appropriation of urban land is the mechanism for citizen participation in the context of urban exclusion