Definiendo el Temuco metropolitano: consideraciones para un nuevo modelo de urbanización extendida en la Araucanía
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2020
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Las áreas metropolitanas se definen como zonas de alta densidad poblacional, de espacios conurbados, y con capacidad de extensión hacia la periferia. Según esos criterios, Chile técnicamente presenta tres áreas metropolitanas: Valparaíso, Concepción y Santiago. Sin embargo, dicha definición minimiza el rol de variables como la migración, la movilidad y el mercado laboral en la constitución de un área metropolitana funcional. Este trabajo tiene por objetivo discutir la existencia de un área metropolitana funcional en Temuco. Procesando bases de datos censales y estadísticas sociales, además del tratamiento descriptivo y relacional de las variables antes mencionadas, se expone de qué manera Temuco es un área de influencia metropolitana sobre aquellas comunas que presentan altos niveles de migración y movilidad. Lo anterior cambia entre 2002 y 2012, pasando de un área de influencia concentrada e inmediata a una descentralizada y atomizada, extendiendo así el espacio de influencia de Temuco a zonas más alejadas.
Metropolitan areas are defined as densely populated areas characterized by conurbation and a capacity to expand towards the periphery. Technically speaking, Chile has three metropolitan areas: Valparaiso, Concepcion, and Santiago. Such definition, however, minimizes the role of variables such as migration, mobility, and the labor market in the establishment of a functional metropolitan area. This work is aimed at discussing the existence of a functional metropolitan area in Temuco. Processing census databases and social statistics, in addition to a descriptive and relational treatment of the aforementioned variables, the work displays the way in which Temuco –as a metropolitan area– impacts communes with high levels of migration and mobility. This changes between 2002 and 2012, moving from a concentrated and immediate area of influence to a decentralized and atomized one, thus extending Temuco’s area of influence to more remote areas.
Metropolitan areas are defined as densely populated areas characterized by conurbation and a capacity to expand towards the periphery. Technically speaking, Chile has three metropolitan areas: Valparaiso, Concepcion, and Santiago. Such definition, however, minimizes the role of variables such as migration, mobility, and the labor market in the establishment of a functional metropolitan area. This work is aimed at discussing the existence of a functional metropolitan area in Temuco. Processing census databases and social statistics, in addition to a descriptive and relational treatment of the aforementioned variables, the work displays the way in which Temuco –as a metropolitan area– impacts communes with high levels of migration and mobility. This changes between 2002 and 2012, moving from a concentrated and immediate area of influence to a decentralized and atomized one, thus extending Temuco’s area of influence to more remote areas.
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Área metropolitana funcional, Periurbanización, Movilidad diaria, Migración, Functional metropolitan area, Peri-urbanization, Daily mobility, Migration