The process of urban transformation and recovery of central areas was one of the priorities of the Chilean governments in the 1960s and 1970s. In this context, special attention was given to the housing complexes that ...

Since the late 1980s, a new vocabulary associated with concerns about climate change has emerged. Nevertheless, this article argues that the concepts used to describe urban adaptation are a part of the history of urban ...

Examines aspects such as urban management and equity; managing urban land; the provision of housing and housing technology; environmental management and infrastructure; and sustainable development of human settlements.

The present work proposes a comparative analysis of three Brazilian strategic planning experiments from the 1990s. The chosen urban interventions are the 'Rio Cidade' Program (Rio de Janeiro), the 'Tamanduatehy Axis' (São ...

Given the limited capacity of the public sector in Bolivia to provide basic services and infrastructure, within the metropolitan area of Cochabamba, multiple neighborhood organizations have developed practices and strategies ...

The democratization of discussions about urban planning and management is a relatively recent process. It is based on the articles 182 and 183 of the 1988 Brazilian Federal Constitution and Law 10,257/2001 (City Statute), ...