Latin American urban development into the 21st century : towards a renewed perspective on the city / edited by Dennis Rodgers, Jo Beall and Ravi Kanbur

Latin American urban development into the twenty-first century : towards a renewed perspective on the city

pt. 1. Introduction: Re-thinking the Latin American city / Dennis Rodgers, Jo Beall and Ravi Kanbur-- pt. 2. Reconceptualizing urban fragmentation: Urban violence, quality of life, and the future of Latin American cities : the dismal record so far and the search for new analytical frameworks to sustain the bias towards hope / Diane E. Davis ; Cocaine cities : exploring the relationship between urban dynamics and the drug trade in South America / Ignacio A. Navarro ; Mobility challenges in Santiago de Chile : improving diagnosis and the need to shift the understanding of urban inequality from fixed enclaves to mobile gradients / Paola Jirón -- The vecino as citizen : neighbourhood organizations in El Alto and the transformation of Bolivian citizenship / Helene Risor ; Separate but equal democratization? : Participation, politics, and urban segregation in Latin America / Dennis Rodgers -- pt. 3. Reconnecting the city: Irregular urbanization as a catalyst for radical social mobilization : the case of the housing movements of Sao Paulo / Lucy Earle ; On-street upgrading? : assessing the consequences of allocation and regulation policy in Santiago de Chile's ferias libres / Lissette Aliaga-Linares ; Of guns, ideas and taxes : understanding the political logic of violence-reducing policy innovation in three Colombian cities / Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín, María Teresa Gutiérrez, Tania Guzmán Pardo, Juan Carlos Arenas Gómez, and María Teresa Pinto ; Public-private co-operation for gas provision in poor neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires : assessing the impact on housing improvements and health / Cynthia Goytia, Ricardo A. Pasquini, and Pablo Sanguinetti ; A new way of monitoring the quality of urban life in Latin America / Eduardo Lora and Andrew Powell -- pt. 4. Conclusion: Towards a new research agenda for 21st century Latin American urban development / Dennis Rodgers, Ravi Kanbur and Jo Beall.

xix, 270 p.

9780230371545 (hbk.)