Abstract

FAINSTEIN, Carla. ¿And What About the Environment? Local Social Representations and Practices in Informal Settlements Framed in the Court Case for the Sanitation of the Matanza Riachuelo Basin in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. Territ. [online]. 2021, n.45, pp.17-39.  Epub Apr 05, 2022. ISSN 0123-8418.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/territorios/a.9920.

The present exposition aims to investigate what happens after the sentence of a structural case centered on the right to the environment in an urban territory. We will take the case of the judicialization of the sanitation of the Matanza Riachuelo basin, one of the most polluted areas of Argentina, which runs through the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. The ruling involved the deployment of a battery of policies, including the urbanization and relocation of informal settlements located in the basin. In this work we will investigate the representations of the inhabitants of these neighborhoods about their environment and their rights in general. In addition, the state actions and the traditions of the villeros movements in the area will be analyzed as elements to consider to investigate the characteristics of these perceptions. A qualitative methodology was used, carrying out field work in two settlements in the basin between 2014 and 2018.

Keywords : Informal settlements; urban environmental conflicts; judicialization; social representations; social organizations; public policies.

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