Abstract
Abstract Academic production about the main Chilean cities exceeds the existing documentation on intermediate cities, though they have shown interesting trends patterns in recent years which have changed the urban system in Chile. This paper aimed to analyze the urban growth processes in Chilean intermediate cities using Temuco as a case study. It begins with an historical look at the city and then mentions that in the last decades this kind of cities have undergone new forms of segregation associated to real estate activities such as private communities, rural residential properties and new localization of services which have resulted in a fragmentation of urban space, a phenomenon reinforced by the consolidation of some satellite cities. At the same time, many urban problems associated to poverty, like a standstill of the regional economy and environmental pollution have appeared, jeopardizing the sustainability of these spaces, questioning current development parameters. The article ends considering the future challenges in Temuco’s urban development.
Highlights
Most of urban literature shows that research has been focused on big metropolitan areas
This paper aims to analyze the urban growth processes in Chilean intermediate cities using Temuco as a case study
Transformations resulting from globalized neoliberal policies have been studied preferentially in big capitals in Latin America: Santiago, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Mexico city, Lima and Bogota
Summary
Most of urban literature shows that research has been focused on big metropolitan areas. All this projects are conceived and promoted as an alternative for people who want to live in a rural environment but at the same time enjoying the proximity to the city and its facilities This kind of fragmented development is increasing and consolidating socioeconomic segregation and inequality, phenomena that could be observed in different degrees in most of the intermediate cities and metropolitan areas of Chile (Sabatini et al, 2001; Rodríguez, 2008; Azócar et al, 2008 for the case of Los Ángeles; Borsdorf et al, 2007 for Valparaíso; Azócar et al, 2003 for Chillán; Borsdorf et al, 2008 for Puerto Montt). The urban development process was not properly planned due to a number of deficiencies: predominance of reactive planning, uncompleted or non-updated instruments and non-efficient urban management, factors which influence the currently shape of the city
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