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DOI 10.4067/S0250-71612009000100002
Title (Primary) Urban sprawl and new challenges for (metropolitan) governance in Latin America: the case of Santiago de Chile. Dispersión urbana y nuevos desafíos para la gobernanza (metropolitana) en América Latina: el caso de Santiago de Chile
Author Heinrichs, D.; Nuissl, H.; Seeger, C.
Source Titel Eure-Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Urbano Regionales
Year 2009
Department SUSOZ
Volume 35
Issue 104
Page From 29
Page To 46
Language spanisch
Abstract Massive expansion of urban areas is not a new experience to Latin American cities. However, the profound social, ecological and economic implications of urban sprawl are only today starting to become a major concern in the continent's big agglomerations. By taking Santiago de Chile as an example this paper discusses the challenges posed to urban governance by urban sprawl. It first summarizes recent trends in residential housing production where large scale residential megaprojects' have become highly significant. Second, by looking at these trends from the perspective of the international sprawl literature it finds that urban sprawl in Santiago is largely driven by policy and decision making. It thirdly constructs a basic analysis of sprawl governance in terms of actors, institutions and their interplay on the basis of the few existing studies and the author's own ongoing research. Finally, the paper suggests some entry points and broad strategies to address sprawl
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=246
Heinrichs, D., Nuissl, H., Seeger, C. (2009):
Urban sprawl and new challenges for (metropolitan) governance in Latin America: the case of Santiago de Chile. Dispersión urbana y nuevos desafíos para la gobernanza (metropolitana) en América Latina: el caso de Santiago de Chile
EURE 35 (104), 29 - 46 10.4067/S0250-71612009000100002