Territorial planning in Latin America over the last twenty years: Chile as a case in point

Authors

  • Jaime Matas Colom

Abstract

The concentration of population and economic activity in the large cities of the zone has been a historical constant from spanish colonial times on through to the present day. This has led to countless problems which have led to an all too obvious state of affairs in which the Life of any City is plainly incapable of regulating itself. The experiences that the nations of the zone have lived through in this field of urban development and more specifically in that of metropolitan idem. are seen as offering a priceless example, albeit with many failures, of the concrete practice of a metropolitan planning born of a technico-institutional need to find rational strategies to contain the above-mentioned human and economic growth rates. In short, Hispanoamerica is seen to be facing a problem of its own for which there are no models for it to imitate. The answers to be found for this will thus have to be of her own seeking this time and will be found in the light of her own reality.

Published

1989-12-28

How to Cite

Matas Colom, J. (1989). Territorial planning in Latin America over the last twenty years: Chile as a case in point. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, (81-82), 227–235. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/83643