Hidroelectricidad y ciudad: represas y proyectos urbanos en la Patagonia

Between the 1940s and 1990s, and as part of developmentalist policies, a series of hydroelectric dams were built in Argentine Patagonia. They deeply transformed the sites and basins where they were located and the demographic growth brought about by its construction had an urban correlate that was evident in three different types of settlements: temporary encampments to house workers and technicians during the construction, new towns for the families of the dam staff and, finally, new towns erected to relocate those affected by the reservoirs. The purpose of this paper is to examine a series of projects linked to these three different types of settlement, construct their history, characterize their layouts and reflect on the urban planning ideas behind their layouts. The selected cases are limited to the so-called Comahue region where most of the dams were built. Entre las décadas de 1940 y 1990 y como parte de políticas desarrollistas, se construyeron en la Patagonia argentina una docena de grandes represas hidroeléctricas que transformaron profundamente los sitios y las cuencas donde se emplazaron. Ello tuvo un correlato urbanístico evidente que se reflejó en diferentes situaciones: la construcción de villas temporarias para albergar a obreros y técnicos que participaban de la construcción, de villas permanentes destinadas a las familias del personal de las represas y, finalmente, de nuevos pueblos erigidos para relocalizar aquellos otros afectados por el llenado de los embalses.El propósito de la presente ponencia es examinar una serie de proyectos vinculados con estos tres diferentes tipos de asentamiento, construir su historia, caracterizar sus trazados y reflexionar sobre las ideas urbanísticas en los que se inscriben. Los casos seleccionados se ciñen a la denominada región del Comahue donde se construyeron la mayoría de las represas.

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2024-12-01
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Hidroelectricidad y ciudad: represas y proyectos urbanos en la Patagonia

Fernando Williams
Environmental and Ecological Studies
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Hidroelectricidad y ciudad: represas y proyectos urbanos en la Patagonia

Fernando Williams
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Between the 1940s and 1990s, and as part of developmentalist policies, a series of hydroelectric dams were built in Argentine Patagonia. They deeply transformed the sites and basins where they were located and the demographic growth brought about by its construction had an urban correlate that was evident in three different types of settlements: temporary encampments to house workers and technicians during the construction, new towns for the families of the dam staff and, finally, new towns erected to relocate those affected by the reservoirs. The purpose of this paper is to examine a series of projects linked to these three different types of settlement, construct their history, characterize their layouts and reflect on the urban planning ideas behind their layouts. The selected cases are limited to the so-called Comahue region where most of the dams were built. Entre las décadas de 1940 y 1990 y como parte de políticas desarrollistas, se construyeron en la Patagonia argentina una docena de grandes represas hidroeléctricas que transformaron profundamente los sitios y las cuencas donde se emplazaron. Ello tuvo un correlato urbanístico evidente que se reflejó en diferentes situaciones: la construcción de villas temporarias para albergar a obreros y técnicos que participaban de la construcción, de villas permanentes destinadas a las familias del personal de las represas y, finalmente, de nuevos pueblos erigidos para relocalizar aquellos otros afectados por el llenado de los embalses.El propósito de la presente ponencia es examinar una serie de proyectos vinculados con estos tres diferentes tipos de asentamiento, construir su historia, caracterizar sus trazados y reflexionar sobre las ideas urbanísticas en los que se inscriben. Los casos seleccionados se ciñen a la denominada región del Comahue donde se construyeron la mayoría de las represas.

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