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Urban policy in Latin America : towards the sustainable development goals? / edited by María Carrizosa, Michael Cohen and Margarita Gutman.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in development economics ; 146.
- Routledge studies in development economics ; 146
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban policy--Latin America.
- Urban policy.
- Urbanization--Latin America.
- Urbanization.
- Sustainable development--Latin America.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (411 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- Summary:
- This book evaluates the impact of 20 years of urban policies in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. It argues that evaluating the fulfillment of past commitments is essential for framing and meeting the new commitments that were taken in Habitat III over the next 20 years. Taken as a whole, the book provides a critical assessment of the economic, social and environmental consequences of urban interventions during Habitat II. The country-level chapters have been written by recognized experts in urban issues, with first-hand knowledge of the Habitat process, and deep familiarity with the problems, statistics, actors and political contexts of their nations. The latter part of the volume considers wider topics such as the Habitat Commitment Index, the New Urban Agenda and the regional and global-scale lessons that can be extracted from this group of countries. Urban Policy in Latin America will be of interest to advanced students, researchers and policymakers across development economics, urban studies and Latin American studies.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue to the English edition
- Prologue to the Spanish edition
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The evolution of urban policy in developing countries: a comparative and historical perspective
- 3 Mexico: from Habitat II to Habitat III: assessment of the commitments undertaken
- 4 Chile: housing without city
- 5 Brazil: confronting the urban question in Brazil: 1996-2016: a politico-institutional assessment
- 6 Colombia: the singularity of housing policy in urban development
- 7 Argentina: 20 years of Habitat II: the pending subjects
- 8 Ecuador: from Istanbul to Quito
- 9 A global quantitative perspective: the Habitat Commitment Index
- 10 From tiers to tears: measuring city performance using the Habitat Commitment Index
- 11 Six countries and twenty years: a transversal reading of Latin American urban policy
- 12 Conclusion: habitat in debt and future assets: towards a new inclusive urban practice
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-64799-9
- 0-429-02813-X
- 0-429-65063-9
- 9780429028137
- OCLC:
- 1090281809
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