Browsing by Author "Sarella Robles, Maria"

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    GENTRIFICATION WITHOUT EXPULSION OR THE HISTORICAL CROSSROADS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN CITY
    (UNIV DIEGO PORTALES, 2009) Sabatini, Francisco; Sarella Robles, Maria; Vasquez, Hector
    The Gentrification-the taking over residential areas within the city by dwellers of higher socioeconomic classes-in Latin American cities is increasing at great speed. Instead of being seen in centric areas, as is the case of Europe and the US, Latin American gentrification has taken over Urban peripheries and other parts of the cities. Unlike the American Or European experience, it does not necessarily entail the displacement or expulsion of the Original residents in the area. After discussing and redefining gentrification it becomes relevant to Latin American reality. We examine the empirical variants in the case of Chile, making certain that the expulsion of original residents of an area is not inevitable. Finally, we offer thoughts on the implications in practice and in public policy.
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    Neoliberal Lakeside Residentialism: Real Estate Development and the Sustainable Utopia in Environmentally Fragile Areas
    (2022) Hidalgo, Rodrigo; Sarella Robles, Maria; Alvarado, Voltaire
    This article exposes the central role played by neoliberal real estate development in the transformation of two lakeside cities in southern Chile. The concept of neoliberal lakeside residentialism addresses the ways in which commercialisation of the natural world in tourism hotspots is comprehensively reshaping the environmentally fragile Andean lake district. Specifically, we hypothesise that this green utopia is rapidly becoming a dystopia as a result of the aggregate effects of real estate development on environmental sustainability. In order to analyse these tensions, we conduct a case study in the districts of Villarrica and Pucan, both located within the Lake Villarrica watershed. There is evidence of territorial metamorphosis of the Araucania Region as areas popular with tourists are increasingly being closed off by large-scale real estate operations. We find that this "anomalous" rate of urbanisation is indeed affecting sustainability in the territory, both environmental and social, concluding that regulation of these processes is needed in order to preserve both the natural and cultural wealth of the study area.