Políticas de higienización y gentrificación. Aportaciones desde el urbanismo latinoamericano

The current document seeks to analyze the relationship between a hygienist urbanism model and the gentrification processes currently existing in the large Latin American cities. The research focuses on the settlements of Regina (Mexico City) and El Abasto (Buenos Aires), and it is methodologically based on a combination of bibliographic and documentary review techniques and ethnographic fieldwork. The data collected underline the importance of the application of hygienist urban policies to impose potentially more profitable uses of the space in the Latin American context.