Tensions between productive rurality and another residential: the case of Exaltación de la Cruz political party, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

This paper analyses the tensions generated from the expansion of residential undertakings in rural areas as well as the way in which such tensions are expressed at a spatial level. The study takes as an empirical reference an area relatively close to the city of Buenos Aires, the province of Exaltación de la Cruz. The methodology used combines the analysis of secondary data with information obtained from surveys. In the particular case chosen, the heterogeneity of the rural space is kept and is actually increased. The revitalisation of aviculture within the context of the change of macroeconomic conditions defies the expansion of residential usage of the land. The conclusion is there is a need for new forms of regulation in terms of instruments and agreement instances where the different players could participate in order to find a less problematic way to link the “new” and the “old” rurality of the province.