The placement of the urban space in the social and economic processes. A view from specialised journals in Chile during the 1970sEl despliegue del espacio urbano en la comprensión de los procesos sociales y económicos. Una mirada desde las revistas especializadas en Chile durante la década de 1970

Abstract

© 2023 Autoctonia. All rights reserved.In the context of the effects that the rapid urbanization processes in Latin America, academic and professional discussions about the urban space emerged as part of the urban agenda in the 1970 decade. This article analyses, for the Chilean case, the development of the main topics of discussion and how they were related to theory and practice of town planning, in the last phase of developmentalism that, during decades, marked the political and economic agenda of the region. Although several periodicals and journals concentrated in the urban problem circulated during the period, this article concentrates in the contents of EURE and CEPAL journals which, due to its scope of influence registered the way in which social and economic processes were understood in perspective of urban development.