AMPLIANDO LA GOBERNANZA SOCIOESPACIAL DEL NEXO PUERTOCIUDAD-REGIÓN. Una revisión de las perspectivas para un urbanismo global desde el sur

Abstract

In recent years, research on the governance of port cities has gained significance. On the one hand, this is due to the prominent role of ports in a new global context of commodity movement and their novel spatial relationships with urban development. On the other hand, it is a result of proposing new governance frameworks to plan these novel interactions between the city and the port, also known as Port Cities. However, the definitions and perspectives of Port Cities stem from the urban profile of cities within the canon of northern global urban theory. Faced with this, the present essay reflects upon the theorization of the city-port based on its definitions and perspectives from a spatial aspect, and how comparative approaches can extend the theorization of port city governance towards a global urbanism from the Global South.

Keywords: socio-spatial governance, port-city-region nexus, global southern urbanism