The Routledge Handbook of Urban Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cities, Urban Processes, and Policies
Herausgeber: González-Pérez, Jesús M.; Lois-González, Rubén C.; Irazábal, Clara

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 658
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1188g
• ISBN-13: 9780367677411
• ISBN-10: 0367677415
• Artikelnr.: 71230405

Autorenporträt

Jesús M. González-Pérez holds a PhD in geography from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and is currently a full Professor at the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain). He is the President of the Spanish Geographical Association (AGE). He has stayed at about twenty universities in a visiting scholar capacity, including Stanford, Paris 1, Glasgow, Bergen, Missouri-Kansas City, Havana, São Paulo, and UNAM. In 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. And in 2016, he was a Tinker Visiting Professor at Stanford University He has published nearly 200 papers in numerous high impact journals (JCR, SCOPUS) and prestigious publishing houses (Routledge, Springer, Wiley, Peter Lang, etc.), which are available in a wide range of languages (Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Chinese, etc.), and has participated in over 30 research projects. His main research lines are urban inequality and fragmentation, social segregation and immigration, and tourist gentrification. His experience researching these phenomena goes beyond Europe, embracing the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Clara Irazábal is the Director of the Urban Studies and Planning Program in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland, College Park. In her research and teaching, she explores the interactions of culture, politics, and placemaking, and their impact on community development and socio-spatial justice in Latin American cities and minoritized communities in the US. Irazábal was a professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Columbia University in New York; and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She lectures at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona. She got her PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. Irazábal has published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, and has worked as consultant, researcher, and/or professor in countries of the Americas, Europe, and Asia. She has taught planning and interdisciplinary studios in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Trinidad and Tobago and domestically in minoritized and immigrant/refugee communities. Rubén C. Lois-González is full Professor of Geography at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and Vice President of the International Geographical Union (UGI). He has been visiting professor at universities in France, Norway, Italy and the Federal University of Bahia-UFBA (Brazil). He is Principal Investigator of several European and international cross-border cooperation projects. He is author of about 200 books and book chapters, and more than 150 articles in academic journals. These include Finisterra, Annales de Géographie, Sud-Ouest Européen, Die Erde, European Planning Studies, Land, Use & Policy, Revista Geográfica del Norte Grande, Mobilities, Territory, Politics, Governance, Sociologia Ruralis and Gender, Place & Culture. He has directed 37 doctoral theses. He has been Dean of the Faculty of Geography and History of the University of Santiago de Compostela. He is a member of the Board of the Association of Spanish Geography and founder of the College of Geographers of Spain.

Inhaltsangabe

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