Governing change: the metropolitan revolution in Latin America

Burdett, RickyORCID logo; and Kaasa, Adam (2011) Governing change: the metropolitan revolution in Latin America. Architectural Design, 81 (3). pp. 42-51. ISSN 1554-2769
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In 21st-century Latin America, cities are taking the lead. With the greatest populations and economic output concentrated in large-scale metropolises, there is a real sense that the largest cities are outgrowing their national contexts. In many cases, power has been devolved at a municipal level. This has enabled mayors to implement infrastructural and transport projects. As Ricky Burdett and Adam Kaasa highlight in their discussion of two particular initiatives in São Paulo and Mexico City, it has also opened the way for innovative new community projects.
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Keywords Lima,Spanish Empire,Rio de Janeiro,São Paulo,third governance revolution,Tenochtitlán,Cities are drivers of change,Mexico City DF,Buenos Aires,new decentralisation scheme,new comunas,seven-member elected committees,Statute of the City,greater metropolitan governance,high levels of inequality,Guarapiranga-Billings reservoirs,urban violence,complex system of hierarchies,Bogotá,TransMilenio initiative,Enrique Peñalosa,Mexico City,Urban form and density,Rocinha,the largest favela in Brazil,systematic local community intervention,complementary systems of urban implementation,Cortiço Rua Solón,concrete-frame multistory structure,Bom Retiro,University of São Paulo's Faculty of Architecture,Edifício Uniao,Cidade Tiradentes,devolved governance,Asamblea Comunitaria de Miravalle,community-based project,borough of Iztapalapa,PET plastic,vegetable garden,resurgence of collective will,citizen engagement,Bernal Díaz del Castillo,Hernan Cortés,José de Souza Martins,transitive multiculturalism,capacity for difference
Departments Sociology
LSE Cities
DOI 10.1002/ad.1237
Date Deposited 04 Jan 2013 14:14
URI https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/47897

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