Revisitando el debate sobre la fragmentación urbana: una década y media después de “Splintering Urbanism”

[摘要] Over at least the last three decades fragmentation has become a recurring word in urban discourses. Beyond the different meanings that the term may have and the uses that can be made of it, it is clear that there are physical-spatial manifestations that have motivated the persistence of the debate about the fragmented nature of contemporary metropolises. The notions of "archipelago city", "partitioned city", "quartered city", "splintering urbanism", "metropolarities", to name but a few, point in the same direction: the recognition of new forms of separation, or the exacerbation of preexisting divisive forms that in the contemporary period seem to be increasingly prominent in the form and structure of cities and metropolitan regions. Very often the terms "segregation" and "fragmentation" are used interchangeably, as mere synonyms, disregarding the specificities of each of these concepts. In this way, both notions are diluted to denote, generically, some type of separation or division in the city. However, while it is clear that both "fragmentation" and "segregation" attempt to elucidate interrelated and often simultaneous urban phenomena, their more rigorous and specific use allows for different facets of these issues. The purpose of this article is to examine the concept of "urban fragmentation" from a review of the debate on the idea of Splintering Urbanism by Graham and Marvin (2001), to aim at the development of specific theoretical frameworks.

[学科分类] 建筑学