Residential mobility of middle-class and popular sectors: the city of Buenos Aires as an arrival destination

Authors

  • Natalia Cosacov Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • María Mercedes Di Virgilio Área de Estudios Urbanos, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
  • Mercedes Najman Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Keywords:

mobility, intraurban mobility, residential mobility, residential arrangements, socio-spatial structure

Abstract

The article reconstructs residential mobility patterns of individuals and households from popular and middle-class sectors residing in two areas of the city of Buenos Aires, configured around dissimilar segregation pat terns. Residential mobility is a powerful lens to show how the social class experience is produced and reproduced in modes of dwelling. Through a qualitative and biographical approach, we analyzed the specificities presented by residential mobilities of different social sectors. We identified patterns in the three dimensions of residential mobility: spatiality, the residential arrangements that households employ, and the motivations that guide their movements. The findings show the effects that the position in the social structure has on residential mobility, as well as its interaction with the spatial structure itself.

Author Biographies

Natalia Cosacov, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Natalia Cosacov es Socióloga (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Doctora en Ciencias Sociales (Universidad de Buenos Aires) e Investigadora Asistente del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Desde el año 2006 es miembro del Área de Estudios Urbanos del Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Forma de proyectos de investigación referidos a procesos de renovación urbana, conflictos urbanos y movilidades. En sus investigaciones, ocupa un lugar central el cruce de estas cuestiones y el estudio de las clases medias. Es docente de posgrado y autora de numerosos artículos en revistas nacionales e internacionales.

María Mercedes Di Virgilio, Área de Estudios Urbanos, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Dra. en Ciencias Sociales, Investigadora Adjunta del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET) - Profesora de la Universidad de Buenos Aires

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Published

2018-04-16

How to Cite

Cosacov, N., Di Virgilio, M. M., & Najman, M. (2018). Residential mobility of middle-class and popular sectors: the city of Buenos Aires as an arrival destination. Cadernos Metrópole, 20(41), 99–121. Retrieved from https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/metropole/article/view/2236-9996.2018-4105

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 41 (2018): mobilidade espacial

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