1st Edition

Indigenous Rights to the City Ethnicity and Urban Planning in Bolivia and Ecuador

By Philipp Horn Copyright 2019
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book breaks new ground in understanding urban indigeneity in policy and planning practice. It is the first comprehensive and comparative study that foregrounds the complex interplay of multiple organisations involved in translating indigenous rights to the city in Latin America, focussing on the cities of La Paz and Quito. The book establishes how planning for urban indigeneity looks... Read more

1. Introduction: From inhabitants of the forest to the concrete jungle



Part one: Concepts and context



2. The emergence of urban indigeneity and the indigenous right to the city



3. Indigeneity in urban policy and planning practice



4. The making of two indigenous cities



Part two: Experiences from La Paz, Bolivia and Quito, Ecuador



5. Urban indigeneity as lived experience



6. Urban indigeneity in policy and planning practice



7. Claiming indigenous rights to the city



8. Conclusion

Biography

Philipp Horn is a Lecturer in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests centre around urban indigeneity; ethno-racial justice; participatory planning; and inclusive urban development in cities of the global South, with a regional focus on Latin America.