Effects of urban growth in a tourist town on the mountain San Carlos de Bariloche, Patagonia Argentina

The growing processes in tourist cities can differ according to their characteristics; some studies have proven that intermediate cities are getting more migrants proportionally than larger ones. In addition, globalization effect in Latin America is causing a greater demand for urban goods and services, being one of the reasons why this thesis is focused on the Patagonian fastest growing city in the last decades, San Carlos de Bariloche. Along this thesis the conditioning factors which have lead to conform the city have been analysed. In this regard, it's expected to provide input for better planning in these cities with an attractive natural environment, allowing their possible future sustainability, evaluating from the systematic and comparative survey (qualitative and quantitative) at different scales, especially considering some of the most popular spaces that are currently in process of expansion, but with different characteristics in land occupation for a tourist town.