JGI216H1 Lecture 9: JGI216 LECTURE 9
11 May 2018
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Professor David Roberts Mar. 16, 2017
JGI216 LECTURE 9
CITIES OF THE UNDERDEVELOPED WORLD (PT.2) Remittances and Neoliberal
Urban Planning in Remittances in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala + San Miguel, El Salvador
THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF URBAN PLANNING IN CENTRAL AMERICA
• Klaufus (2010) argues Identifies three main features that have impacted urban planning in
Central America
1) The dominance of private investors, privatization of space and car-oriented
development
2) Increases crime levels and weak law enforcement
3) The increased popularity of gated communities - especially since the 90's
- How are these (1 and 3) linked to Neoliberalism?
- How are these connected to remittances? Form an infusion of cash into the general
economy (outsourcing of means to get a good job), key obligation for the economic
migrant for the system to occur
THE CHALLENGE OF GATED COMMUNITIES
• Klaufus (2010) argues that gated communities (in central America) are an indication of
the lack of power that government has in regulating development
• They are linked to:
- Skewed housing markets and house inflation
- Damage to the hydro geological system
• While remittances allow for familial success and individual success, they have done this
through a universal expense
MIGRANTS FOR EXPORT
• Philippines have argued that a key component of its wealth is its workers (they can be
exported in a similar way such as a manufactured good)
• Training programs (to become a live-in caregiver/nanny)- in demand in other places (the
government will invest for an export economy)
• Rewards such as “migrant workers day” identity of a worker is enhanced if the worker
is willing to contribute to the nation by going abroad
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Document Summary
Cities of the underdeveloped world (pt. 2) remittances and neoliberal. Urban planning in remittances in quetzaltenango, guatemala + san miguel, el salvador. The changing landscape of urban planning in central america: klaufus (2010) argues identifies three main features that have impacted urban planning in. Central america: the dominance of private investors, privatization of space and car-oriented development, increases crime levels and weak law enforcement, the increased popularity of gated communities - especially since the 90"s. Form an infusion of cash into the general economy (outsourcing of means to get a good job), key obligation for the economic migrant for the system to occur. The challenge of gated communities: klaufus (2010) argues that gated communities (in central america) are an indication of the lack of power that government has in regulating development, they are linked to: Damage to the hydro geological system: while remittances allow for familial success and individual success, they have done this through a universal expense.
