Chilean geography exposes the country to high-level risks such as earthquakes and
tsunamis. The disasters of 1930, 1960, 2010, and 2014 testify to the continuous link between …

Sustainable development has a distinct spatial dimension. Decisions about the locations of
workplaces, housing, retail, and leisure facilities have a significant impact on the …

In the 1970s, some argued that planning activity merely reflected market dynamics, or the
interests of powerful players in land and property markets. Planning systems come into play …

Shadows of Power examines public policy and in particular, the communicative processes of
policy and decision-making. It explore the important who, how and why issues of policy …

This paper explores how the existing urban land-use regulatory framework and its
associated planning practices in Chile have contributed to disaster risk construction in urban …

This article examines how the idea of “risk” has become one of the most significant
frameworks to determine which land is appropriate; which land is unsuitable and which land …

Latin America's intensive urbanization processes are triggering rapid peri-urban
transformations and the expansion of cities. These include accelerated metropolization …

Countries which take spatial planning seriously should take planning law and property rights
also seriously. There is an unavoidable logical relationship between planning, law, and …

Countries which take spatial planning seriously should take planning law and property rights
also seriously. There is an unavoidable logical relationship between planning, law, and …

This paper asks the question, to what extent do market forces limit planning policies? It
delves into the constraining relationship of market forces on planning by reference to urban …