Full Description
This book is the first to provide an in-depth discussion of spatial governance and planning systems (SGPSs) in Latin America, with analysis and comparison across 10 different countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. The primary function of SPGSs is to empower the public sector to exert control over spatial development. Originally understood mainly through a legal paradigm, it is now acknowledged that a range of informal institutions also play a role, responding to societal and community needs that the state or market is unable to address. This collection teases out these contrasting influences, highlighting the role of indigenous culture in certain contexts, and the increase of participatory processes in others. The book features not only individual country case studies, but also chapters discussing the broader themes, as well as how the Latin American context compares to the European one. A timely contribution to this evolving topic, the book will appeal to students and scholars in the fields of planning, urban and regional studies, public policy, and human geography.
Contents
Foreword 1. Exploring spatial governance and planning in Latin America. An introduction 2. Extending comparative spatial governance and planning studies to the Global South. Tinkering with concepts and methods 3. Spatial governance and planning in Argentina. The case of Paraná, Entre Ríos 4. Spatial governance and planning in Bolivia. Living Well in the Plurinational State 5. Spatial governance and planning in Brazil. The complementarity of ex-ante and ex-post planning activities 6. Spatial governance and planning in Chile. Institutional constraints and parallel forms of planning 7. Spatial governance and planning in Colombia. The Land Use Master Plan of Medellin 8. Spatial governance and planning in Cuba. The socialist planning system 9. Spatial governance and planning in Ecuador. Tensions between formality and informality in Rumiñahui 10. Spatial governance and planning in Mexico. Urban planning and blurred limits in Merida 11. Spatial governance and planning in Peru. Social and political regulation in Huancayo, beyond the State-Market dichotomy 12. Spatial governance and planning in Uruguay. The case of Colonia del Sacramento 13. A comparative overview of Latina American spatial governance and planning systems. Towards a research agenda
