Living in Slums (Land Lines Article)

Residential Location Preferences in Santiago, Chile

Author(s): Brain, Isabel, Pablo Celhay, José Joaquín Prieto, and Francisco Sabatini
Publication Date: October 2009

6 pages; Inventory ID LLA091004; English


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In Latin American cities, especially in the larger ones, location is critical for vulnerable groups. In Buenos Aires, the population of shantytowns in the central area doubled in the last inter-census period (1991–2001), even though total population declined by approximately 8 percent. In Rio de Janeiro during the same decade, the fastest growing informal settlements were those considered to be in the best locations, generally near the beach in middle- and upper-income
neighborhoods, although they were already the most crowded and congested slums.