Urban Latin America

Latin America, one of the most urbanized regions of the world, can only be fully understood by exploring its urban-rural divide, inequalities within urban areas, and the prospects for change. This thoughtful text explores Latin American cities; their history, similarities, and differences; and the current problems they face.

Part I: Poverty, Informality, and Peripheral Cities
Chapter 1: Urban Latin America: Periphery, Informality, and Inequality
Tom Angotti
Chapter 2: Poverty, Inequality, and Informality in the Latin American City
Alan Gilbert
Chapter 3: They Are Not Informal Settlements: They Are Habitats Made by People
Lorena Zá rate
Chapter 4: The Future of Global Peripheral Cities
Erminia Maricato

Part II: The Metropolis in Latin America: Sã o Paulo and Mexico City
Chapter 5: Sã o Paulo: City of Industry, Misery, and Resistance
William W. Goldsmith and Rogerio Acca
Chapter 6: Globalization, Governance, and the Collision of Forces in Mexico City's Historic Center
Diane E. Davis
Part III: Urban Policies, Neoliberal Reforms, and Best Practices
Chapter 7: Failed Markets: The Crisis in the Private Production of Social Housing in Mexico
Alfonso Valenzuela Aguilera
Chapter 8: Participatory Budgeting in Latin American Cities
Benjamin Goldfrank
Chapter 9: Urban Governance and Economic Development in Medellí n: An "Urban Miracle"?
Tobias Franz
Chapter 10: Conflict and Convergence between Experts and Citizens: Bogotá's TransMilenio
Stacey Hunt
Chapter 11: Barra da Tijuca: The Political Economy of a Global Suburb in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lawrence A. Herzog
Part IV: Exceptions to the Rules
Chapter 12: Housing and Urban Development in the Cuban Revolution
Jill Hamberg
Chapter 13: Uruguay's Housing Cooperatives: Alternative to the Private Market
Tom Angotti
Part V: Urban Struggles, Citizenship, and Public Space
Chapter 14: Citizenship, Democracy, and Public Space in Latin America
Clara Irazá bal
Chapter 15: Struggles against Territorial Disqualification: Mobilization for
Dignified Housing and Defense of Heritage in Santiago
Nicolá s Angelcos and Marí a Luisa Mé ndez
Chapter 16: "We Are Not Marginals": The Cultural Politics of Lead Poisoning in Montevideo, Uruguay
Daniel Renfrew
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