Espacio urbano y riesgo de desastres: La expansión de las urbanizaciones cerradas sobre áreas inundables de Tigre (Argentina)

Abstract

Urban growth and the increase of so-called "natural" disasters are two topics which are getting more and more notorious worldwide. This work considers both phenomena as social outcomes, advancing the knowledge about the articulation between the social production of urban space and the risk of disasters from a case study: the expansions of gated communities since the end of the XX century on the flood prone areas of the River Tigre in Argentina.