Sostenibilidad de distintas formas de crecimiento en ciudades emergentes sudamericanas: experiència colaborativa para la medición comparativa de indicadores aplicados al hábitat urbano local

Abstract

The expansion of the urban footprint in Latin America over the past 20 years reveals an untenable relationship between urban sprawl and population growth, with an increase in land use per capita. Tracts of arable land often are occupied by low-density, highly socially segregated luxury developments. Environmental risk zones also contain marginal housing, and middle-income homes are built on sites without adequate infrastructure.The proposed study involves a collaboration between researchers from Colombia, Brazil and Argentina to process the results and share them with decision-makers in the planning process.To achieve this objective, the researchers plan to use the urban sustainability indicators put forth by the Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona to perform a comparative evaluation of different forms of urban growth taking place in Latin America, and propose ways to adapt them to the realities of the region.