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Copyright of URVIO - Revista Latinoamericana de Seguridad Ciudadana is the property of FLACSO - Ecuador (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales) and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

The illegal settlements in Latin America pass through different periods not only from the social point of view but also territorial, juridical and urban. Once taken and occupied the fields, the following aim use to be the legalization of them. In that work is analysed the San Martín Neighbourhood cause (Mendoza, Argentina) as a paradigmatic example of the way that get the field appropriation and legalization process and its direct repercussion in the urban growth. Is remarkable, besides, the organization of scantry resources people to get houses, infrastructures and basic services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]