Rosario Case Study Flashcards
What is Rosario
- 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
How did Rosario develop
- 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
What are the Patterns of national and international migration
- 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
Describe shopping in Rosario
- can go shopping in ‘El Centro’
—> undergone investment to attract families and visitors to shop there
Describe the importance of meat
- close cultural connections to meat
- The asado, or grill, is an important feature of many restaurants
Raising the flag
- ‘cradle of the flag’
- it was where the flag was created and first raised by Manuel Belgrano
What are the challenges facing Rosario
- Unemployment
- Crime
- Social inequality and divisions
Describe the unemployment problem in Rosario
- 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
Describe the crime problem in Rosario
- 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
Describe the social inequality and divisions problem in Rosario
- 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
What is being done to face the challenges opposing Rosario
- Complete replacement
- Regeneration
- The Rosario habitat programme
- increasing height
- infill
What does complete replacement do to help the challenges that Rosario is facing
Demolition followed by rebuilding to meet the architectural styles of the present day and the ambitions of developers
What does regeneration do to help the challenges that Rosario is facing
Improvements to the fabric of the building, which might include changes internally or externally
What does increasing height do to help the challenges that Rosario is facing
The addition of new floors or replacing low-rise with high-rise development
What does infill do to help the challenges that Rosario is facing
Additions to the area which may be out of keeping with the area they are slotted into
What does the Rosario Habitat Programme do to help the challenges that Rosario is facing
- 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
Describe Rosario being a green city
- 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
Describe the sustainable tourism
- Tourism is becoming increasingly popular in Rosario
- Attracting people who wish to learn Spanish in Universities in Rosario
