Browsing by Author "Senoret A."

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    Urban sustainability and perceived satisfaction in neoliberal cities
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2022) Valenzuela-Levi N.; Fuentes Arce, Luis; Ramirez M.I.; Rodriguez S.; Senoret A.; Fuentes L.; Ramirez M.I.; Rodriguez S.; Senoret A.; CEDEUS (Chile)
    © 2022 Elsevier LtdIn light of growing levels of urbanisation globally, the concept of urban sustainability has become an increasingly important element of the general discussion on sustainable development. However, few studies have addressed the various dimensions of sustainability and the different territorial scales on which day-to-day urban life takes place. Instances of discontent and social crisis have become commonplace in many of the world's major cities. Around the globe, inequality is seen as associated with a neoliberal urbanisation process that offers few solutions to issues of social exclusion and the climate crisis. The present work proposes the use of households' perceived satisfaction when analysing urban sustainability in neoliberal cities. Data is taken from the Sustainable Urban Development Perception Survey, conducted in the two main metropolitan areas of Chile, a country that since the 1970s has been widely considered to be a prime example of orthodox neoliberalism. We propose and test new dimensions with which to address urban sustainability, through the lens of perceived satisfaction, a key element in the analysis of the discontent that is sweeping across major cities globally.
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    Urban vitality and neighborhood sociability: complexities of a latin american metropolisVitalidad urbana y sociabilidad barrial: complejidades de una metrópolis latinoamericana
    (Wiley, 2022) Link F.; Senoret A.; Fuentes L.; Rodriguez S.; CEDEUS (Chile)
    © 2022, Ministerio de Fomento. All rights reserved.Some authors argue that urban vitality encourages sociability among inhabitants. However, this literature concentrates its analysis on the attributes of the built environment, such as density or the diversity of land uses, without considering effective practices or the influence of sociodemograph-ic factors on neighborhood sociability. This article seeks to deepen this relationship, analyzing indicators identified by the literature as necessary conditions for urban vitality, contrasting them with neighborhood sociability variables such as neighborhood use, public familiarity, network neighborli-ness and sociability among neighbors, and with sociodemographic indicators for the Metropolitan Area of Santiago, Chile. In addition to finding an important influence of sociodemographic factors, a more complex relationship between urban vitality and neighborhood sociability is identified, revealing the need to rethink the concept for the reality of Latin American metropolises.
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    Vertical neighborhoods in santiago de Chile: New forms of neighborhood sociability and 'public familiarity'.Barrios verticales en Santiago de Chile: nuevas formas de sociabilidad vecinal y familiaridad pública
    (Wiley, 2023) Link F.; Senoret A.; Matus C.; CEDEUS (Chile)
    © 2023 Universidad de Chile. All rights reserved.In the last two decades Santiago de Chile has experienced an important verticalization process, promoted by financialization in a context of urban neoliberalism, which has radically transformed the built environment in central areas, the sociodemographic composition, as well as the social practices and interactions of its inhabitants. Although the literature recognizes a low local sociability in neighborhoods of intensive densification by high-rise buildings, this paper proposes to consider the importance of daily encounters in the public space and the emergence of eventual links in everyday practices, thus expanding the notion of local sociability. Three vertical neighborhoods in Santiago, Chile, were analyzed through secondary data about their urban environment, as well as primary data collected through surveys, focus groups, and network interviews. The results indicate that, although densification by high-rise construction inhibits social interaction at a building level and deteriorates the formation of strong ties at a neighborhood level, in some cases, the daily use of public space and local commerce, as well as neighborhood organization, favor the emergence of public familiarity bonds, transforming the traditional idea of neighborhood community. Based on these results, we seek to discuss the social impacts of the processes of densification by verticalization, in relation to daily practices in the formation of communities.