Por Oscar Sosa López
Few phenomena in the last decades have caught as much attention among scholars of Latin American urbanism as the proliferation of urban megaprojects. This should not be surprising, given that this particular urbanization strategy encompasses the economic, political, and cultural dimensions of the interrelated processes of urban consolidation, liberalization of urban policy, and increased segregation and inequality that began to manifest in the region in the 1990s and continue up to today.
Scholars of this phenomenon have noted how local governments –more autonomous and entrepreneurial than before– have enabled, fostered, and sanctioned these forms of development, adopting them as one of their preferred tools for governance and development, usually through public-private partnerships […].
Leer más en el Journal of Latin American Geography Vol. 20, Núm 1, abril de 2021: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/787945
Más información sobre el libro: https://www.teseopress.com/puertomadero
