City of Ushuaia: Approaches for the analysis of its socio-spatial configuration (1996-2016)

Abstract

It is clearly perceived that the urgent precarious housing problem affects both the social and the natural environment of the city of Ushuaia. In the last decades, the- re have been important socio-demographic transformations that affected the so- cio-spatial configuration of cities among other issues. Since 1996, Town Halls have played a leading role in the production of land and housing to address the Fuegian housing problem. This paper examines the historical and demographic profile and the socio-housing characteristics of Ushuaia between 1996 and 2016. The nature of the topic dictates the use of both a descriptive approach of the natural environ- ment where the city is located, and a comprehensive approach of the dynamics and specifications of its socio-spatial configuration, as well. The focus is on the role of the local state in this matter for the lapse 1996-2016.