Territorial Growth and Current state of planning in the northwest corridor

The case of Funes and Roldán

Abstract

In the last two decades, the towns of Funes and Roldán were the ones with the greatest demographic and construction growth in the Rosario Metropolitan Area, consolidating the northwest residential-garden axis. The process consumed much of the rural land for the urban and suburban land market. The weekend housing lots were transformed into permanent housing, incorporating new typologies, usually with incomplete infrastructure and services, but with larger dimensions, level of security and landscape value.

The cities do not have a territorial strategy at the metropolitan level since they did not participate in the "26 Local Strategies Program, a Metropolitan Plan", having weak local regulations that favor developers.

The article analyzes the diffuse urbanization process (population and urban plan) and the state of regulation, describing the guidelines of general and particular instruments, in order to consider elements for a more balanced and sustainable future planning.