Scholarship engaging with (northern) urban theory from the south has troubled the core of
urban studies. At this critical juncture, we argue that it is important to clarify core propositions …

Latin America is the most urbanized region in the world, with over 80 percent of the
population living in cities (United Nations Human Settlements Program, 2012). Yet most of …

Since the early 1990s, Chilean democratic governments after Augusto Pinochet's
dictatorship have made an effort to allocate publicly subsidized housing to the lower classes …

This regional study reviews urban planning conditions and trends in Latin America and the
Caribbean. It is one of eight regional studies that will serve as inputs into the various …

Policies to provide housing of a quality and price suitable for young talent workers have
become a priority in cities such as Shenzhen that are managing the transformation to a …

Planning and housing policies in the UK have recently adopted the principle of developing
mixed schemes, whereby a mixing of tenures stands in for a mixing of income groups. A …

Faced with rapid and uncontrolled urbanization, cities in the Global South have relied on
densification strategies to contend with sprawl, social polarization, and environmental risks …

In this paper, the Curitiba-centred narrative on the success of its urban planning experience
will be qualified in light of the complexities of its metropolitan development trajectory. It will …

Study of the struggle of a social movement, the Frente Amplio contra la Supervía, to stop the
construction of an urban toll road in the southwestern end of Mexico City reveals that …

Public–private partnerships (PPPs) have been exalted as effective and adopted in many
areas that used to be exclusive public domains, from urban service provision to construction …