Movilidad en los Suburbios Dispersos y el Nuevo Urbanismo en los Estados Unidos de América: ¿importación irreflexiva desde Chile?

Abstract

The disperse suburb has been the most widely used model in the United States during the 20th century. This manner of planning has greatly influenced the mobility within the metropolitan areas in the U. S. creating an increasing demand for new infrastructure thus diminishing the standard of living of the inhabitants. Because of this there has been new propositions that suggest to work with neo-traditional planning. In Chile the suburban expansion that has been taking place during the last two decades, mainly due to the posible profits of real estate investments, can be seen as thoughtless attempt to import a foreign model, thus setting aside negative consequences that might affect the future development of our urban settlements.