Real Estate market, State-Entrepreneurialism and urban policy in the ‘gentrification by ground rent dispossession’ of Santiago de Chile
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López Morales, Ernesto
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Real Estate market, State-Entrepreneurialism and urban policy in the ‘gentrification by ground rent dispossession’ of Santiago de Chile
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This paper claims the existence of a particular form of gentrification by ground rent dispossession in Chile, a consequence of a unique mix of entrepreneurial strategies linked to large-scale urban renewal, flexible local building regulations that enlarge potential
ground rents, and a form of ‘institutional’ redlining which limits the methods of smallscale housing upgrading in inner city areas targeted for urban renewal. As a result, the largest portion of potential ground rent produced is realized and accumulated by largescale developers. Consequently, dilapidation spreads as many owner-occupiers – which are around 80% of Santiago’s inner city low-income residents – struggle to add further exchange value to their properties. Capitalized ground rents decrease and, in the event of large-scale renewal, residents have to sell out at lowered price and find replacement accommodation in disadvantageous peripheries. Se plantea la existencia de una forma particular de ‘gentrificación por desposesión de renta de suelo’ en Chile, resultante de la interacción entre estrategias estatales promercado (entrepreneurial urbanism), regulaciones urbanas locales que aumentan rentas potenciales de suelo, y una devaluación del espacio construido a través de políticas públicas que limitan la renovación urbana en baja escala. Como resultado, los propietarios residentes – cerca del 80% de los habitantes del espacio peri-central popular (inner city) de Santiago – encuentran dificultad para añadir valor de cambio y uso a sus propiedades, mientras que la mayor parte de las rentas potenciales producidas son acumulados por un número limitado de desarrolladores inmobiliarios. De esta forma, el deterioro avanza, las rentas de suelo socialmente capitalizadas disminuyen y, ante la eventual renovación urbana en altura, la única opción para los residentes es vender a bajo precio y emigrar a localizaciones desventajosas en la periferia urbana.
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URI: https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/145537
DOI: 10.1353/lag.0.0070
ISSN: 1545-2476
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Journal of Latin American Geography, Volume 9, Number 1, 2010, pp. 145-173.
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