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Latin American Urban Studies

Latin American Urban Studies is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1951. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the phenomenon of urban segregation, residential fragmentation, and social inequality within the context of Latin American cities. It explores the impact of globalization, housing policies, and socio-spatial dynamics on the formation of gated communities, urban sprawl, and the division of metropolitan areas.

  • Segregation
  • Residential
  • Urbanization
  • Latin America
  • Social Inequality
  • Metropolitan Areas
  • Housing
  • Globalization
  • Socio-spatial
  • Fragmentation
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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