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The advance of the processes of spatial metropolization has acquired a remarkable magnitude in Medellin and central Antioquia. A dimension little explored, but key in this field, is the social and spatio-temporal praxis of the promoter-builder agents. Therefore, the objective of the article is to identify whether the scales of housing production, as well as the social and spatial scales of developer-builders in the metropolitan region of Medellín during the expansive real estate cycle between 2004 and 2018, suggest dynamics of articulation. Based on trade statistics of housing projects built, the scales of production and social and spatial performance are comparatively analyzed in the three areas by means of descriptive indicators, correlation coefficients and the construction of price isopleths. A tendency towards concentration of developer-constructor capitals was found, which is expressed in a growing integration at a metropolitan regional scale of the different segments of capitalist production of housing, with serious implications in the rapid increase of housing prices and a phenomenon of spatial convergence of these throughout the metropolitan region of Medellin. It concludes on the social and environmental implications of the current configuration of scales of production and social and spatial performance, as well as on evidence pointing to an emerging financialization of housing production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Vertebrate roadkills is a generalized problem around the world but scarcely documented on Colombian roads, especially in periurban areas. Here it is described roadway mortality of mammals in a six year-period (2008-2013) on the El Escobero road (Envigado, Antioquia). Mammal groups that presented the greatest mortality were marsupials (56 %), carnivores (24 %) and rodents (18 %). Although there was a general lower diversity and lesser individual number of fatalities than previous years for the same road, this study reports a greater number of fatalities for some endangered and unknown species such as Leopardus tigrinus, Puma yagouaroundiy Bassaricyon neblina. This study also added three new species to the roadkill list on this road. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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