The Routledge Handbook of Urban Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Cities, Urban Processes, and Policies

ISBN-13: 9780367677404 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 648 str.

Gonz; Clara Iraz?bal;Lois-Gonz

Opis

This handbook presents the great contemporary challenges facing cities and urban spaces in Latin America and the Caribbean. The book is designed to meet the interdisciplinary study and consultation needs of undergraduate and graduate students of architecture, urban design, urban planning, political science, and more.

Recenzje

"Latin America and the Caribbean are among the most urbanized regions of the world. This multidisciplinary handbook brings together leading scholars, predominantly from within the region, to assess critical aspects of urban space, inequality, and policy. It fills a crucial need, and promises to become a key resource for anyone who studies or teaches about cities."
Dr. Michael B. Kahan, Program on Urban Studies and Department of Sociology, Stanford University, USA

"This book is an excellent and timely instruction manual on urban studies in Latin America and the Caribbean that will be of great use to researchers in the field."
Dr. Huhua Cao, Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada

"This handbook presents a comprehensive discussion and overview on the urban phenomena in Latin America and the Caribbean. The cities and the urban reality of the region is approached by authors coming from different scientific backgrounds, together they convincingly challenge both historical and present development patterns to promote urban equity and sustainability."
Dr. Jorgelina Hardoy, Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the International Institute for Environment and Development, IIED - LATIN AMERICA

"This handbook is an appealing, massive, and multidisciplinary effort to broadcast current critical debates on urban studies in the region. The book will undoubtedly become a reference for analyzing the trajectories, specificities, inequalities, challenges, and policy options of the urban process in Latin America and the Caribbean."
Dr. Andrea Carrión, Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales, IAEN, and FLACSO (Ecuador)

"The authors of this book have given us a profound sense of an emerging modernity. It is a modernity marked by multiple novel conditions, constraints, enablements, and destructions. This will become a must read book. It is a major contribution to our understanding of a series of changes we are currently experiencing."
Dr. Saskia Sassen, The Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York City, USA

Spis treści

Section I: Histories and Trajectories of Spatial Urban Development, 1. The Study of Latin American and Caribbean Cities in the 21st Century, 2. The Right to the City in Latin America and the Caribbean, 3. Urban Growth, Metropolitanization, and Growth Management in Latin America and the Caribbean, Maria Encarnação Beltrão-Sposito, 4. Historic Urbanism, Urban Morphology, and Urban Design in Latin America and the Caribbean, 5. Structures and Typologies of Latin American and Caribbean Cities, 6. Urban Migrations in the Cities of Latin America and the Caribbean, 7. Land Markets and Land Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean,  Section II: Inequality and Continued Displacement, 8. Long-term Features of Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Socio-residencial Segregation, Territorial Inequality, and Spatial Fragmentation, 9. Historic Centers in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Heritage Fetishism to Productive Inheritance, 10. From Degradation to Gentrification and Touristification of Historical Centers in Latin America and the Caribbean: a Decolonial Perspective, 11. Urban Poverty and Social Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Social Vulnerability in the Era of Sustainable Development, 12. Structural Precariousness and Self-managed Settlements in cities of Latin America and the Caribbean, 13. Conflict, Violence and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean cities, 14. Peripheral Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean Metropolis Cities: Gated Communities and Spatial Path Dependence, Section III: Contemporary policy debates, 15. Urban and Regional Planning in Latin America and the Caribbean, 16. Financialization of Housing in Latin America and the Caribbean: Rent Extraction, Flexibility and Illegalisms, 17. Environment and City in Latin America and the Caribbean: the Clash of Inequality and Urban Sustainability, 18. Cities and Public Health in Latin America and the Caribbean, 19. Models of Urban Governance and Social Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean, 20. Geography and Urban Insurgences in Latin America and the Caribbean, 21. Emergent Urban Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, 22. Accessibility, Mobility, and Transportation Innovations in Latin America and the Caribbean: Successes and Areas for Improvement, 23. Urban Projects and Public Space in Latin America and the Caribbean: Walking Towards a Paradigm of Gender Equality, 24. Race, Gender, Class and Policy Policies in Latin America and Andean countries, 25. Caribbean Island Cities: Urban Issues, Urbanization Processes and Opportunities for Transformation, Section IV: The future of the city, 26. The Future of Latin American and Caribbean Cities: Urban Bias and Political Fragments in Place, 27. From Emerging to Inclusive and Sustainable: the Future of the City in Latin America and Caribbean