Socioeconomic Urban Environment in Latin America: Towards a Typology of Cities

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dc.article.number6380
dc.catalogadoryvc
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Gervasio F. Dos
dc.contributor.authorVives Vergara, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorFuentes-Alburquenque, Mauricio
dc.contributor.authorSousa Filho, José Firmino de
dc.contributor.authorPaiva, Aureliano Sancho
dc.contributor.authorUseche, Andrés Felipe
dc.contributor.authorYamada, Goro
dc.contributor.authorAlfaro, Tania
dc.contributor.authorLima Friche, Amelia A.
dc.contributor.authorAndrade, Roberto F. S.
dc.contributor.authorBarreto, Mauricio L.
dc.contributor.authorCaiaffa, Waleska Teixeira
dc.contributor.authorDiez-Roux, Ana V.
dc.contributor.otherCEDEUS (Chile)
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-01T10:31:10Z
dc.date.available2025-05-01T10:31:10Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis paper aims to identify typologies of Latin American cities based on socioeconomic urban environment patterns. We used census data from 371 urban agglomerations in 11 countries included in the SALURBAL project to identify socioeconomic typologies of cities in Latin America. Exploratory factor analysis was used to select a set of variables, and finite mixture modelling (FMM) was applied to identify clusters to define the typology of cities. Despite the heterogeneities among the Latin American cities, we also found similarities. By exploring intersections and contrasts among these clusters, it was possible to define five socioeconomic regional typology patterns. The main features of each one are low-education cities in Northeast Brazil; low-unemployment cities in Peru and Panama; high-education cities in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Mexico; high female labor participation, with high primary education in Argentina and low primary education in Brazil; and low female labor participation and low education in Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Identifying clusters of cities with similar features underscores understanding of the urban social and economic development dynamics and assists in studying how urban features affect health, the environment, and sustainability.
dc.description.funderSalud Urbana en América Latina (SALURBAL) Urban Health in Latin America project is funded by the Wellcome Trust No. 205177/Z/16/Z
dc.format.extent16 páginas
dc.fuente.origenScopus
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su15086380
dc.identifier.eissn1542-7714
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.pubmedidPubmed_ID: 40243597
dc.identifier.scieloidScielo_ID: S0718-69242020000300109
dc.identifier.scopusidScopus_ID:85156178286
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su15086380
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/103721
dc.identifier.wosidWoS_ID: 000979610200001
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Vives Vergara, Alejandra; 0000-0001-5851-0693; 135637
dc.issue.numero8
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.revistaSustainability (Switzerland)
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseCC BY Atribución/Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es
dc.subjectSocioeconomic typology of cities
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subjectFinite mixture models
dc.subject.ddc710
dc.subject.deweyArquitecturaes_ES
dc.subject.ods04 Quality Education
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable cities and communities
dc.subject.ods01 No poverty
dc.subject.odspa04 Educación de calidad
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.titleSocioeconomic Urban Environment in Latin America: Towards a Typology of Cities
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen15
sipa.codpersvinculados135637
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