Human settlements such as Virgen de la Candelaria, on the outskirts of Lima, are a very frequent phenomenon in large cities. Low-income families are looking for a place to live close to the apparent economic and educational opportunities of the metropolis. Selective laws and norms result in the consolidation of these neighborhoods and make the progress of their habitants extremely difficult. These conditions force majorities in large cities to find an informal housing solution, dealing with a perverse logic of laws that are not made for those who have been taken to critical circumstances by the development model. This situation ends often in a paradoxical picture: majorities of the population excluded by laws that protect the interests of the system instead of responding to the needs of the majority.
Authors:
- Jorge Krekeler | jorge.krekeler@posteo.de
Design:
- Diana Patricia Montealegre
Photos:
- Jorge Krekeler
- Agrosolidaria
Contact information regarding the documented experience:
- Santos Quispe
- Correo: santostaquire@hotmail.com
- Ramiro García DESCO
- Correo: ramiro@desco.org.pe
Edition:
september 2016
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