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Socioeconomic Urban Environment in Latin America: Towards a Typology of Cities
Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), v 15(8), 6380
01 Apr 2023
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Abstract
This paper aims to identify typologies of Latin American cities based on socioeconomic urban environment patterns. We used census data from 371 urban agglomerations in 11 countries included in the SALURBAL project to identify socioeconomic typologies of cities in Latin America. Exploratory factor analysis was used to select a set of variables, and finite mixture modelling (FMM) was applied to identify clusters to define the typology of cities. Despite the heterogeneities among the Latin American cities, we also found similarities. By exploring intersections and contrasts among these clusters, it was possible to define five socioeconomic regional typology patterns. The main features of each one are low-education cities in Northeast Brazil; low-unemployment cities in Peru and Panama; high-education cities in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Mexico; high female labor participation, with high primary education in Argentina and low primary education in Brazil; and low female labor participation and low education in Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Identifying clusters of cities with similar features underscores understanding of the urban social and economic development dynamics and assists in studying how urban features affect health, the environment, and sustainability.
This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Social Space and Sustainable Development.
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- Title
- Socioeconomic Urban Environment in Latin America: Towards a Typology of Cities
- Creators
- Gervásio F. dos Santos - Universidade Federal da BahiaAlejandra Vives Vergara - Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileMauricio Fuentes-Alburquenque - University of ChileJosé Firmino de Sousa Filho - Universidade Federal da BahiaAureliano Sancho Paiva - Universidade Federal da BahiaAndres Felipe Useche - Universidad de Los AndesGoro Yamada - Drexel UniversityTania Alfaro - University of ChileAmélia A. Lima Friche - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisRoberto F. S. Andrade - Universidade Federal da BahiaMaurício L. Barreto - Universidade Federal da BahiaWaleska Teixeira Caiaffa - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisAna V. Diez-Roux - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), v 15(8), 6380
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Number of pages
- 16
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000979610200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85156178286
- Other Identifier
- 991020458326204721
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