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Autore
Pasquali, Paola

Titolo
Studying Urban Policies in Cities of the Global Souths
Periodico
Equilibri
Anno: 2020 - Volume: 68 - Fascicolo: speciale - Pagina iniziale: 161 - Pagina finale: 182

Cities of the Global Souths are the primary sites of urban growth worldwideand they are predicted to remain so into the foreseeable future. However,such trends are not reflected within most urban theories, which arecentred on Global North cities. The paper discusses some classic categorisationsof policies and sifts them through the example of social policies inGlobal Souths contexts, challenging the notion of the universal applicabilityof these categorisations. I then examine more specifically the topic of urbanpolicies and highlight that issues such as limited financial resources, lack ofpolitical autonomy and predominantly informal economies affect the extentand implementation of urban policies in Southern urban contexts. In orderto contribute to the creation of an alternative body of literature on urbanpolicy focused on Global Souths experiences, the final section sketches anopen list of policy themes. The themes include: urban growth; populationmanagement; land use management; housing and provision of basic infrastructure/services; resource management, environmental plans and sustainability;urban mobilities; urban heritage; identification of a competitive rolefor the city in the global space; creation of networks of cities and urbancorridors between cities; relations among different levels of governance. Thisinitial and open list of themes is meant to function as a compass to helpsituate and develop new urban policy theories and categorisations basedon empirical studies and comparisons based on Southern cities experiences.



SICI: 1594-7580(2020)68:SPECIALE<161:SUPICO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Testo completo: https://www.rivisteweb.it/download/article/10.1406/98107
Testo completo alternativo: https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1406/98107

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