1st Edition
Spatial Governance and Planning in Latin America A Comparative Account
Foreword by Fernando Carrión
Chapter 1. Exploring spatial governance and planning in Latin America. An introduction
Juan E. Cabrera, Francesca Blanc, Giancarlo Cotella
Chapter 2. Extending comparative spatial governance and planning studies to the Global South. Tinkering with concepts and methods
Francesca Blanc, Juan E. Cabrera, Giancarlo Cotella
Chapter 3. Spatial governance and planning in Argentina. The case of Paraná, Entre Ríos
Marina Blanca and Bruno Reinheimer
Chapter 4. Spatial governance and planning in Bolivia. Living Well in the Plurinational State
Juan E. Cabrera and Marcelo Pérez-Mercado
Chapter 5. Spatial governance and planning in Brazil. The complementarity of ex-ante and ex-post planning activities
Maurizio Pioletti and Luciana de Oliveira Royer
Chapter 6. Spatial governance and planning in Chile. Institutional constraints and parallel forms of planning
Giovanni Vecchio and Nicolás Santelices Artaza
Chapter 7. Spatial governance and planning in Colombia. The Land Use Master Plan of Medellin
Oscar Pérez-Moreno
Chapter 8. Spatial governance and planning in Cuba. The socialist planning system
Maurizio Pioletti
Chapter 9. Spatial governance and planning in Ecuador. Tensions between formality and informality in Rumiñahui
Francesca Blanc and Juan Carlos Sandoval
Chapter 10. Spatial governance and planning in Mexico. Urban planning and blurred limits in Merida
Adriana Enriquez, Mariana Campos, Carina Arvizu
Chapter 11. Spatial governance and planning in Peru. Social and political regulation in Huancayo, beyond the State-Market dichotomy
Sharo Lopez Javier and Anderson García Cristóbal
Chapter 12. Spatial governance and planning in Uruguay. The case of Colonia del Sacramento
Rosario Casanova and Matilde Saravia
Chapter 13. A comparative overview of Latina American spatial governance and planning systems. Towards a research agenda
Juan E. Cabrera, Francesca Blanc, Giancarlo Cotella
Biography
Juan E. Cabrera is an urbanism professor and a researcher at Universidad Privada Boliviana (UPB) and the Universidad Mayor de San Simón in Bolivia. Since 2024, he has been Secretary of the Latin American Association of Urban Planners (ALPU), as well as the founder of the Bolivian Institute of Urbanism (IBU).
Francesca Blanc is an Urban & Regional Planner at the LINKS Foundation, coordinating international projects focused on mobility justice, public space, and citizen engagement. She is a member of the UNESCO Chair on Intermediary Cities and the International Society of City and Regional Planners.
Giancarlo Cotella is a full professor of urban and regional planning at Politecnico di Torino. Since 2023, he has been serving as Secretary General of AESOP, the Association of European Schools of Planning.
