Papers by Gonzalo Rodriguez
Attempts on measuring residential segregation using arbitrary spatial units
constructed by cens... more Attempts on measuring residential segregation using arbitrary spatial units
constructed by census agencies carry certain drawbacks related to what is commonly known as the Modiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). This problem has been generally ignored by urban researchers in this topic as if it would not aect the results of their studies. Thiis paper discusses the legitimacy of using census zoning systems for measuring residential segregation, and proposes the use of data disaggregation and regrouping (DDR) techniques that may at some degree contribute in reducing MAUP biases. One of these techniques is used for measuring socioeconomic residential segregation trends in Argentina for the 1991-2001 period. We conclude that in countries like Argentina these techniques represent just a partial and limited solution to MAUP. Quality and precision of quantitative studies on residential segregation and other fields dealing with similar problems may be substantially improved only if better access to spatially disaggregated data is provided by census agencies.
The purpose of this paper is to present a series of unpublished data on the processes of physical... more The purpose of this paper is to present a series of unpublished data on the processes of physical and demographic expansion of the Greater Buenos Aires Agglomeration (agba) from 1750 to 2010 and, in particular, to examine changes in population density. In the first part of the article, the direct bibliographical references are reviewed, and the gaps that we intend to fill here –both in terms of methodology and data availability– are presented. Afterwards, we discuss the operational and methodological considerations which ensure the comparability of the series. Finally, the conclusions highlight both the trends at a macro level –such as the significant decrease in the population density of the agba over the last 140 years– and the more particular ones that report nuances and variations in between periods. In both cases, explanatory hypotheses supported by secondary data and specific historiographical records for each of the periods analyzed are proposed.
Residential segregation is a key concept which remains orphan of a precise and meaningful theoret... more Residential segregation is a key concept which remains orphan of a precise and meaningful theoretical definition in social sciences. Confronting with repeated use and abuse to which the term has been condemned under the hegemony of an excessively spatialist and descriptive approach inherited from Chicagos´ Human Ecology school, and the absence of a
serious debate about its meaning, the article invites to reconsider and discuss some earlier contributions in order to rethink and redefine residential segregation from a power point of view, either based on ethnic and racial or socioeconomic social divisions. This procedure will allow us to theoretically distinguish between what residential segregation is and what it is not. Mainly we analyze how urban ground rent in capitalist societies functions as a mechanism through which more powerful groups segregate the less powerful ones based on their economic inequalities and some cultural expectations. Lastly, we discuss the theoretic fallacy involved in the use of certain terms or expressions such as the miscalled voluntary or self segregation.
El trabajo aborda el problema de la segregación residencial
socioeconómica (SRS) en la Ciudad de ... more El trabajo aborda el problema de la segregación residencial
socioeconómica (SRS) en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires,
entendida como la distribución desigual de los grupos
socioeconómicos en el territorio. La SRS es un tema que
viene cobrando creciente interés entre investigadores y
gobiernos locales en la región, bajo el enfoque de que
la segregación no sólo expresa desigualdades sociales
sino que, a la vez, constituye un obstáculo en el camino
hacia una ciudad más integrada y equitativa. El objetivo
de este trabajo es medir la SRS en algunas de sus
dimensiones (desigualdad, exposición, concentración y
clustering) poniendo especial énfasis en la distribución
espacial de los grupos de menor nivel socioeconómico.
Se concluye que, al cabo de la década del 90, caracterizada
por profundos cambios a nivel político y económico,
el grupo de menor nivel socioeconómico se encuentra
menos homogéneamente distribuido y más concentrado
en el espacio.
Palabras clave: segregación residencial socioeconómica,
desigualdad, concentración.
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Papers by Gonzalo Rodriguez
constructed by census agencies carry certain drawbacks related to what is commonly known as the Modiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). This problem has been generally ignored by urban researchers in this topic as if it would not aect the results of their studies. Thiis paper discusses the legitimacy of using census zoning systems for measuring residential segregation, and proposes the use of data disaggregation and regrouping (DDR) techniques that may at some degree contribute in reducing MAUP biases. One of these techniques is used for measuring socioeconomic residential segregation trends in Argentina for the 1991-2001 period. We conclude that in countries like Argentina these techniques represent just a partial and limited solution to MAUP. Quality and precision of quantitative studies on residential segregation and other fields dealing with similar problems may be substantially improved only if better access to spatially disaggregated data is provided by census agencies.
serious debate about its meaning, the article invites to reconsider and discuss some earlier contributions in order to rethink and redefine residential segregation from a power point of view, either based on ethnic and racial or socioeconomic social divisions. This procedure will allow us to theoretically distinguish between what residential segregation is and what it is not. Mainly we analyze how urban ground rent in capitalist societies functions as a mechanism through which more powerful groups segregate the less powerful ones based on their economic inequalities and some cultural expectations. Lastly, we discuss the theoretic fallacy involved in the use of certain terms or expressions such as the miscalled voluntary or self segregation.
socioeconómica (SRS) en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires,
entendida como la distribución desigual de los grupos
socioeconómicos en el territorio. La SRS es un tema que
viene cobrando creciente interés entre investigadores y
gobiernos locales en la región, bajo el enfoque de que
la segregación no sólo expresa desigualdades sociales
sino que, a la vez, constituye un obstáculo en el camino
hacia una ciudad más integrada y equitativa. El objetivo
de este trabajo es medir la SRS en algunas de sus
dimensiones (desigualdad, exposición, concentración y
clustering) poniendo especial énfasis en la distribución
espacial de los grupos de menor nivel socioeconómico.
Se concluye que, al cabo de la década del 90, caracterizada
por profundos cambios a nivel político y económico,
el grupo de menor nivel socioeconómico se encuentra
menos homogéneamente distribuido y más concentrado
en el espacio.
Palabras clave: segregación residencial socioeconómica,
desigualdad, concentración.
constructed by census agencies carry certain drawbacks related to what is commonly known as the Modiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). This problem has been generally ignored by urban researchers in this topic as if it would not aect the results of their studies. Thiis paper discusses the legitimacy of using census zoning systems for measuring residential segregation, and proposes the use of data disaggregation and regrouping (DDR) techniques that may at some degree contribute in reducing MAUP biases. One of these techniques is used for measuring socioeconomic residential segregation trends in Argentina for the 1991-2001 period. We conclude that in countries like Argentina these techniques represent just a partial and limited solution to MAUP. Quality and precision of quantitative studies on residential segregation and other fields dealing with similar problems may be substantially improved only if better access to spatially disaggregated data is provided by census agencies.
serious debate about its meaning, the article invites to reconsider and discuss some earlier contributions in order to rethink and redefine residential segregation from a power point of view, either based on ethnic and racial or socioeconomic social divisions. This procedure will allow us to theoretically distinguish between what residential segregation is and what it is not. Mainly we analyze how urban ground rent in capitalist societies functions as a mechanism through which more powerful groups segregate the less powerful ones based on their economic inequalities and some cultural expectations. Lastly, we discuss the theoretic fallacy involved in the use of certain terms or expressions such as the miscalled voluntary or self segregation.
socioeconómica (SRS) en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires,
entendida como la distribución desigual de los grupos
socioeconómicos en el territorio. La SRS es un tema que
viene cobrando creciente interés entre investigadores y
gobiernos locales en la región, bajo el enfoque de que
la segregación no sólo expresa desigualdades sociales
sino que, a la vez, constituye un obstáculo en el camino
hacia una ciudad más integrada y equitativa. El objetivo
de este trabajo es medir la SRS en algunas de sus
dimensiones (desigualdad, exposición, concentración y
clustering) poniendo especial énfasis en la distribución
espacial de los grupos de menor nivel socioeconómico.
Se concluye que, al cabo de la década del 90, caracterizada
por profundos cambios a nivel político y económico,
el grupo de menor nivel socioeconómico se encuentra
menos homogéneamente distribuido y más concentrado
en el espacio.
Palabras clave: segregación residencial socioeconómica,
desigualdad, concentración.