Neoliberal Lakeside Residentialism: Real Estate Development and the Sustainable Utopia in Environmentally Fragile Areas

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dc.contributor.authorHidalgo, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorSarella Robles, Maria
dc.contributor.authorAlvarado, Voltaire
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T21:02:56Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T21:02:56Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/land11081309
dc.identifier.eissn2073-445X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/land11081309
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93104
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000845786900001
dc.issue.numero8
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaLand
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectneoliberalism
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectVillarrica and Pucon
dc.subjectreal estate operations
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleNeoliberal Lakeside Residentialism: Real Estate Development and the Sustainable Utopia in Environmentally Fragile Areas
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen11
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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