ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a review of the process of socio-urban fragmentation that has been taking place in the city of Montevideo and its metropolitan area and concentrates specifi cally on analysis of three areas ( barrios ) in the city. Working with the LAHN on the processes of consolidation of self-built houses in informal settlements that began some 30 years ago or more, and with the assistance of funds for research provided by Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente (MVOTMA-Credimat), we proposed to develop a project that would allow us to reconstruct the family and employment trajectories of the inhabitants of three settlements in Montevideo. The study sought to reconstruct the strategies adopted by families for use of the dwelling and the land it was built on, as well as residential and occupational trajectories before and after the residents came to the barrio . Research was based on a study of three established settlements in the city, two of them informal, and the third integrated into the formal fabric of the city.
