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dc.titleAccommodating Urban Growth in Latin American and Caribbean Cities
dc.contributor.authorAngel, Shlomo
dc.contributor.authorArcia, Diego
dc.contributor.authorSordi, Jeannette
dc.contributor.authorPaiva, Julia De Souza Campos
dc.contributor.authorSerra, Olivia
dc.contributor.authorVera, Felipe
dc.contributor.authorDe Christo, Pedro Henrique
dc.contributor.authorFurtado, Martim
dc.contributor.authorHerrera Montes, Salvador
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, Jason
dc.contributor.authorLee, Hyuna
dc.contributor.authorMaleronka, Camila
dc.contributor.authorMartinez, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorOlivares, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorPark, Hye Jung
dc.contributor.authorRomero Lopez, Tania
dc.contributor.authorSantamaria, Mar
dc.contributor.editorAngel, Shlomo
dc.contributor.editorArcia, Diego
dc.contributor.editorSordi, Jeannette
dc.contributor.orgunitHousing and Urban Development Division
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageBelize
dc.coverageGuatemala
dc.coverageHonduras
dc.coverageGuyana
dc.coverageSuriname
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageBolivia
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageParaguay
dc.coverageUruguay
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageNicaragua
dc.coverageBahamas
dc.coverageBarbados
dc.coverageHaiti
dc.coverageCosta Rica
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.coverageDominican Republic
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2025-06-12T00:06:00
dc.date.issue2025-05-29T00:05:00
dc.description.abstract“Accommodating Urban Growth in Latin American and Caribbean Cities” is the result of a collaboration between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and New York University, initiated in 2021 with the support of the Korean Government and the Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements. The main goal of the initiative, and the resulting publication, is to enhance the capacity of national and sub-national governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to implement effective territorial planning in response to projected urban growth from 2020 to 2050. Although territorial planning has historically prepared land for urban development and improved existing neighborhoods, it has struggled to keep pace with rapid urbanization, resulting in poorly planned areas, inadequate protection of natural resources, and insufficient resilience against climate risks. The book is organized in three sections. The first section present the results of the study conducted by Prof. Shlomo Angels and the Marron Institute for Urbanization at New York University. The study investigates how cities can accommodate new urban populations and elevate the standard of living of current dwellers through a new conceptual framework. The section introduces examples of international best practices in accommodating urban growth and reviews the emerging empirical evidence gathered in 70 cities for territorial planning in the LAC Region. The second section is the Atlas of the seventy cities. A series of maps, graphs, and data portray the anatomy of density of cities in the region through 3 or 7 parameters that allow to depict their transformation over the past four decades and project their potential for future growth. Campo Grande, Merida, and San Salvador are presented as case studies. Finally, the third section presents a series of strategies to plan for urban growth: guidelines for urban expansion and densification, new frameworks for sustainability, and emerging technologies.
dc.format.extent766
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013550
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Accommodating-Urban-Growth-in-LAC-low.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectUrban Planning
dc.subjectDiversity and Inclusion
dc.subjectHousing Market
dc.subjectHousing Unit
dc.subjectHousing
dc.subjectDebtor Finance
dc.subjectUrbanization
dc.subject.jelcodeR14 - Land Use Patterns
dc.subject.jelcodeR28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeR31 - Housing Supply and Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeR41 - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion • Travel Time • Safety and Accidents • Transportation Noise
dc.subject.jelcodeR42 - Government and Private Investment Analysis • Road Maintenance • Transportation Planning
dc.subject.jelcodeR52 - Land Use and Other Regulations
dc.subject.jelcodeR58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeO18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis • Housing • Infrastructure
dc.subject.jelcodeO21 - Planning Models • Planning Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeQ01 - Sustainable Development
dc.subject.jelcodeQ24 - Land
dc.subject.jelcodeQ56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth
dc.subject.keywordsUrban Expansion;Urban Densification;Urban Growht;Spatial Planning;Territorial Planning;Land UsePlanning;Urban Governance;sustainable development;urban development;Emergent Technologies;UrbanGovernance;Latin America and the Caribean;cities;sustainable cities;Territorial Planning.
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-MG-01245
idb.operationRG-T3827
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