Urban Policy in Latin America Towards the Sustainable Development Goals?

• Main Authors: Cohen, Michael A., Carrizosa, María, Gutman, Margarita
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 2020; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
• Subjects: Argentina; Brazil; Chile; City planning; Colombia; Development Economics; Ecuador; Habitat Commitment Index; Habitat II; Habitat III; inclusive urban policy; Latin American urban studies; Mexico; new urban agenda; Sustainable development; Sustainable development > Latin America; sustainable urban development; Urban Development; urban governance; urban housing; Urban policy; Urban policy > Latin America; Urban Studies; urbanization; Urbanization > Latin America; BRT; Strategic Investment Plans; Habitat Ii Conference; Habitat Iii Conference; Qualitative Deficit; Public Infrastructures; Gdp Growth; Human Development Index; Belo Horizonte; Public Administration; Quantitative Housing Deficit; Maternal Mortality Indicator; Urban Reform Agenda; Urban Reform Movement; City Statute; Habitat II; BRT System; SDG Indicator; Habitat Iii; Ministry Of The Environment; Intra-urban Inequality; Contributory Social Security; City’s Gdp; Consolidated Informal Settlements; Legal Urban Order
• ISBN: 0367136996; 9780367136994; 0367784963; 9780367784966
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429028137

iThis book evaluates the impact of 20 years of urban policies in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. It argues that evaluating the fulfillment of past commitments is essential for framing and meeting the new commitments that were made in Habitat III over the next 20 years. Taken as a whole, the book provides a critical assessment of the economic, social and environmental consequences of urban interventions during Habitat II. The country-level chapters have been written by recognized experts in urban issues, with firsthand knowledge of the Habitat process and deep familiarity with the problems, statistics, actors and political contexts of their nations. The latter part of the volume considers wider topics such as the Habitat Commitment Index, the New Urban Agenda and the regional- and global-scale lessons that can be extracted from this group of countries. Urban Policy in Latin America will be of interest to advanced students, researchers and policymakers across development economics, urban studies and Latin American studies.