Urban Planning for Social Justice in Latin America

This book explores how urban planning can be used as a tool for social equity. The book examines several Latin American cities, each with specific challenges, and explores how they have gradually overcome these difficulties through policies, planning and design, and with private/public sector coordination.

List of contents

I. Why Latin America? II. Bogotá: the Built Environment and Social Mobility. III. Mexico City: Infrastructure and Water for All. IV. Lima: Air Quality and Environmental Justice. V. Santiago: Energy Efficiency and Sustainability. VI. Buenos Aires: Food Security and Urban Agriculture. VII. Medellin: (Digital) Connectivity for Social Transformation. VIII. The Future. Index.

About the author

Camilo Espitia is a planner from Colombia. He has worked as an urban planner and designer in the private and public sectors in the United States and Latin America. He holds a master's in Engineering in Sustainable Smart Cities from University of Alabama at Birmingham, a professional bachelor's in Architecture from Florida Atlantic University, and executive education from Harvard University on Urban Retail Practices.

Summary

This book explores how urban planning can be used as a tool for social equity. The book examines several Latin American cities, each with specific challenges, and explores how they have gradually overcome these difficulties through policies, planning and design, and with private/public sector coordination.

Product details

• Authors: Camilo Espitia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032462615
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3246261-5
• No. of pages: 140
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Landscape architecture and design, City and town planning: architectural aspects