Socioeconomic analysis of new informal settlements of Libertador Municipality of Merida State

Cindy Ovalles () and Luz M. Rondón ()
Additional contact information
Cindy Ovalles: Seguros Caracas. Mérida. Venezuela.
Luz M. Rondón: Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales. Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida. Venezuela.

Economía, 2015, vol. 40, issue 40, 67-89

Abstract: The aim of this paper was to analyze the characteristics and socioeconomic conditions of existing informal settlements at the first half of 2014 in the Libertador municipality of Merida state. The research was conducted in the nine settlements identified in the municipality, it included the application of an instrument of data collection and interviews with community representatives. The research showed the relationship between the enactment of the Urban Land Act in 2009 and the proliferation of new informal settlements under the perception of individuals with regard to the declaration of public utility unused land for housing construction.

Keywords: Informal settlements; poverty; access to land. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 R21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
ftp://iies.faces.ula.ve/Pdf/Revista40/Rev40Ovalles.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ula:econom:v:40:y:2015:i:40:p:67-89

Access Statistics for this article

Economía is currently edited by Dyanna María Ruíz Uzcátegui and Yibeli Emilia Briceño Carrero

More articles in Economía from Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (IIES). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales. Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida, Venezuela Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales. Campus Universitario Liria, Edificio G, Tercer Nivel. Mérida 5101, Estado Mérida, Venezuela. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Alexis Vásquez ().