La consolidación de asentamientos ilegales urbanos como expansión de la ciudad. Proceso de legalización de la tierra de un barrio periférico de la ciudad de Mendoza (Argentina).

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]