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A comparative analysis of the implementation of regulatory policies of informal settlements in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

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  • María Mercedes Di Virgilio Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Tomás Alejandro Guevara Universidad de Río Negro
  • María Soledad Arqueros Universidad de Buenos Aires
Vol. 29 No. 80 (2014)

Abstract

This paper addresses the different land-title and urban regulatory policies implemented in Latin America over the last decades, with a focus on the comparative experience of three countries of the region: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. To this end, this contribution offers a brief overview of the development of informal habitat and the housing situation of the aforementioned countries. Then, current urban regulations as well as federal landtitle and urban regulatory policies and the different entities involved in such a process are analyzed. Finally, this paper provides a comparison of the different interjurisdictional management and linking models of each country. The analysis offered in this research uses official statistics and secondary data on housing conditions, urban regulations and programs currently in force. Although sharing the same federal political organization, the comparative analysis shows considerable differences among the three studied countries regarding institutional structure and the relationship with their respective current property regimes.

Author Biographies

María Mercedes Di Virgilio, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Sociologist, PhD in Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires.Assistant researcher at CONICET and the Gino Germani Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires.

Tomás Alejandro Guevara, Universidad de Río Negro

Sociologist, MA in Social Policies, PhD in Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. Postdoctoral fellow at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Department of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Andean Campus, University of Rio Negro.

María Soledad Arqueros, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Sociologist, University of Buenos Aires.Doctoral candidate in Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. Doctoral fellow at CONICET, Gino Germani Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires.

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Di Virgilio, M. M., Guevara, T. A., & Arqueros, M. S. (2014). A comparative analysis of the implementation of regulatory policies of informal settlements in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Revista INVI, 29(80), 17–51. Retrieved from https://resonancias.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62560
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