Planning Metropolitan Regions in the Governance Era

Three Latin American Cases

Abstract

Despite the abundance of theories on metropolitan regions, there is a notable scarcity of research focused on metropolitan planning, particularly in the Latin American context. These studies tend to overlook the wide diversity of institutional frameworks within a region that is commonly perceived as homogeneous, as well as the genuine innovations present in this context. In order to enrich the existing literature, a detailed analysis of the instrumental, institutional, and procedural dimensions of metropolitan planning in Latin America is proposed, through a comparative case study that will focus on the three largest urban agglomerations in the region: Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and São Paulo.