THE CRISIS AND SPATIALITY OF CARE IN A PANDEMIC: Housing and Neighborhoods in Santiago de Chile

The material conditions of the city offer evidence of socio-territorial segregation. When sanitary measures to control the spread of COVID-19 were applied, those conditions made the extent of segregation in Santiago evident. Thus, the city, neighborhood, and housing scales open possible points of analysis to better understand the care crisis at the territorial level, where segregation and mutual support have been its main characteristics. © 2021, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 1. All rights reserved.

CRISIS AND SPACE OF CARE IN PANDEMIA: housing and neighbourhood in Santiago de Chile

The material conditions of the city offer evidence of socio-territorial segregation. When sanitary measures were applied to control the spread of COVID-19, these conditions made the extent of segregation in Santiago. Thus, the city, neighborhood and housing scales offer inputs to understand the care crisis at a territorial level, where segregation and mutual support have been its main characteristics.