Residential Segregation in Post-Convertibility times A quantitative approach to an Argentine intermediate city (Neuquén, 2001-2010)

Abstract

The present work aims to study the trend that assumed the segregation in the city of Neuquén for the period between 2001 and 2010. With these spatial and temporal coordinates in mind, we propose a route which consists of three clearly differentiated moments. In a first section, a brief approach to the idea of segregation will be made, probing possible ways to measure it using the information provided by the national censuses of 2001 and 2010. Then, in a second section, we will describe the context that served as the scenario for the phenomenon we are trying to explain. We will dive around the economic and social effects of accumulation regime inaugurated after the exit of the convertibility. Finally, we will present the results obtained in the analysis of the territorial inequalities that crossed the city during the selected period. Throughout this itinerary, in order to enrich our approach to the phenomena that census sources show, we have developed thematic maps based on the use of Geographic Information Systems and an intensive use of journalistic documentation.