*Impacts of the Industrial and Technological Revolution on Territories and Cities… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108743*

cities, in other words, desert cities have a strong imprint of the "mining camp.". We talk about camp cities, which is associated with the processes of transhumance, high mobility, and rotation of personnel working in mining operations, who move around the territory to their mining operations and do not stay or reside in the city. This has meant that there is less rootedness, and less belonging and appreciation for the city, many professionals are rather passing through and consequently this affects the projection of living in the arid territories, with it the cultural and service proposal is less attractive, despite the best attributes of the climate. All this is counterbalanced by the high costs of housing, food, health, and education services, which are very relevant considerations for families with children. Finally, a relevant variable for desert cities is that the quality of housing is in tune with living conditions, the use of outdoor space is very important because it allows outdoor activities that in other climates are performed inside the house, therefore, the possibility of having houses with a patio, the implementation of specific passive design strategies and solutions for arid climates is not a constant and therefore should be a mandatory requirement (**Figures 30** and **31**) [22, 23].

### **Figure 30.**

*The images are proposed as the synthesis of the coexistence of an Andean world that uses the resources of the place to generate its settlements.*

### **Figure 31.**

*The image of the Conchi railroad bridge that crosses the Loa River as the image of the industrialized world that with technology and innovations was conquering and domesticating the extreme arid territories just like today.*
