Abstract

PIREZ, Pedro. Perspectivas Latinoamericanas para el estudio de los servicios urbanos. Cuad. urbano [online]. 2013, vol.14, n.14. ISSN 1853-3655.

Urban services are an essential component of urbanization which create urban land and allow for the daily operation of all physical supports. This paper uses the contributions of Latin-American urban studies, to propose a conceptual framework to explain the na-ture of urban services. It identifi es three perspectives: global studies of Latin-American urbanization that analyze the process of reproduction of capitalist social formations; the urbanization process and the production of popular urbanization projects ; and studies on urban management. These perspectives distinguish two periods of the development process: from the forties to the sixties of the twentieth century, a phase of import substi-tution, Keynesian economic policies and welfare; and, after the crisis of the seventies and eighties, neoliberal restructuring. Based on these studies, the conclusions try to present elements for systematic analysis.

Keywords : Urban Services; Latin-American Urban Studies; Popular Urbanization; Urban Management; Decommodification.

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