Ku coraz większej fragmentacji i segregacji przestrzeni miast latynoamerykańskich
Towards increasing fragmentation and segregation of urban space in Latin American cities

Summary/Abstract: Cities of the 21st century are characterized by far-reaching socio-functional divisions. Composed of fragments of different physiognomy, functions, social structure, ever larger cities does not constitute an integrated, strongly interconnected tissue, but a cluster of “islands” in urbanized space. Urbanisation and metropolitanisation processes (in the case of large cities), which have greatest impact on the diversification of the urban space, include primarily: explosion, separation, secession – resulting from the deepening of social inequalities, increased poverty and rapid pauperization of the middle class. Latin American cities are undoubtedly undergoing processes of rapid transformation and modernization. Their picture is a patchwork or a mosaic of artifacts. The aim of the article is to join the discussion on the subject of fragmentation processes and the formulation of hypotheses on the main causes of these dynamics processes.

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