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Rosario Case Study Flashcards

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What is Rosario

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  • largest city in Southern part of Santa Fe
  • 6 distinct districts, each with it’s own characteristics
  • 3rd most populous city in Argentina
  • to the West of the Paraná river
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How did Rosario develop

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  • founded by Luis Romero in late 17th century
  • Argentina’s first port to export goods (drawing in migrant workers)
  • migrant workers brought gang activity and the Mafia from Italian workers
  • French architecture and impressive stock exchange are evidence of the cities wealth and importance
  • meat-packing centre for the region of corned beef for export
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What are the Patterns of national and international migration

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  • attracted lots of migrant workers (Second to USA) which has enriched the culture of the city
  • arrivals include Spanish (in 16th century) and others from Europe (19th Century).
  • Italian immigration has been key; influencing the culture on food and architecture
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Describe shopping in Rosario

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  • can go shopping in ‘El Centro’
    —> undergone investment to attract families and visitors to shop there
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Describe the importance of meat

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  • close cultural connections to meat
  • The asado, or grill, is an important feature of many restaurants
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Raising the flag

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  • ‘cradle of the flag’
  • it was where the flag was created and first raised by Manuel Belgrano
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What are the challenges facing Rosario

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  • Unemployment
  • Crime
  • Social inequality and divisions
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Describe the unemployment problem in Rosario

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  • in 2001 there were riots in the city
  • high unemployment and economic problems lead to lots of looting
  • by improving employment, these riots will reduce
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Describe the crime problem in Rosario

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  • villas miserias (or slums) are where there’s high crime and drug wars between Sicilian mobsters
  • Therefore damaging the cities name in association with gangs like barras bravas
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Describe the social inequality and divisions problem in Rosario

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  • Slums house over 10,000 people and cover around 10% of the city space
  • these develop due to infrastructure and services not being able to support the rapid growth of Rosario
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What is being done to face the challenges opposing Rosario

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  • Complete replacement
  • Regeneration
  • The Rosario habitat programme
  • increasing height
  • infill
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What does complete replacement do to help the challenges that Rosario is facing

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Demolition followed by rebuilding to meet the architectural styles of the present day and the ambitions of developers

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What does regeneration do to help the challenges that Rosario is facing

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Improvements to the fabric of the building, which might include changes internally or externally

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What does increasing height do to help the challenges that Rosario is facing

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The addition of new floors or replacing low-rise with high-rise development

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What does infill do to help the challenges that Rosario is facing

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Additions to the area which may be out of keeping with the area they are slotted into

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What does the Rosario Habitat Programme do to help the challenges that Rosario is facing

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  • Started in 2000 and has helped over 5000 people to upgrade their housing
    The programme includes
  • New urban infrastructures and community facilities
  • adding toilets to houses
  • legal ownership of the status of tenure
  • education programmes for young people regarding risky behaviour
  • training and work experience for 16-25 year olds
  • money invested in social enterprises
  • targeted support for women in local community
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Describe Rosario being a green city

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  • Pro Huerta: programme that promotes urban forestry to combat climate change
  • doing agriculture more locally to reduce CO2 emissions from transporting stuff into city (giving farmer seeds and vacant land)
  • over 800 community gardens in the city supporting over 40,000 people
  • it helps people to gain an income as well
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Describe the sustainable tourism

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  • Tourism is becoming increasingly popular in Rosario
  • Attracting people who wish to learn Spanish in Universities in Rosario

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