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Them and Us, a Metaphor for Urban Inequality

2016-06-08 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: For the inhabitants of "Bajo Autopista" (Under the Freeway), a slum built under an expressway in the Argentine capital, "they" are the people who live in areas with everything that is denied to "us" - a simple definition of social inclusion and a metaphor for urban inequality. Karina R­os' roof is the Illia freeway, one of the main accesses to Buenos Aires. The shantytown is at the edge of Villas 31 and 31 Bis, where some 60,000 people live just a few metres away from El Retiro, one of the poshest...

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