Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century: Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Re-thinking the Latin American City....Pages 3-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Urban Violence, Quality of Life, and the Future of Latin American Cities: The Dismal Record So Far and the Search for New Analytical Frameworks to Sustain the Bias towards Hope....Pages 37-59
Cocaine Cities: Exploring the Relationship between Urban Dynamics and the Drug Trade in South America....Pages 60-79
Mobility Challenges in Santiago de Chile: Improving Diagnosis and the Need to Shift the Understanding of Urban Inequality from Fixed Enclaves to Mobile Gradients....Pages 80-102
The Vecino as Citizen: Neighbourhood Organizations in El Alto and the Transformation of Bolivian Citizenship....Pages 103-122
Separate but Equal Democratization? Participation, Politics, and Urban Segregation in Latin America....Pages 123-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Irregular Urbanization as a Catalyst for Radical Social Mobilization: The Case of the Housing Movements of São Paulo....Pages 145-164
On-Street Upgrading? Assessing the Consequences of Allocation and Regulation Policy in Santiago de Chile’s Ferias Libres....Pages 165-185
Of Guns, Ideas, and Taxes: Understanding the Political Logic of Violence-Reducing Policy Innovation in Three Colombian Cities....Pages 186-204
Public-Private Co-operation for Gas Provision in Poor Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires: Assessing the Impact on Housing Improvements and Health....Pages 205-226
A New Way of Monitoring the Quality of Urban Life in Latin America....Pages 227-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Towards a New Research Agenda for 21st Century Latin American Urban Development....Pages 259-264
Back Matter....Pages 265-270