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Partiendo de la naturaleza multidimensional, flexible y abierta de los procesos urbanos, el trabajo propone una metodología de definición y delimitación de áreas metropolitanas con fines normativos, asumiendo que existen tantas potenciales delimitaciones como perspectivas desde las que es posible abordar esta tarea. El enfoque propuesto se articula en varios pasos que toman en consideración aspectos normativos, vínculos funcionales, características morfológicas, delimitaciones preexistentes, la gobernanza multinivel y las redes de cooperación. En el trabajo se ilustra esta aproximación aplicándola en la Comunidad Valenciana, cuyos espacios metropolitanos forman un caso de estudio idóneo al tratarse de ejemplos paradigmáticos de tipos distintos de configuración metropolitana. Los análisis realizados, extrapolables a otros territorios, muestran que en el enfoque propuesto el producto final no es tanto un mapa de las áreas metropolitanas valencianas como la sistematización de los distintos aspectos que deben considerarse en el proceso de definición. Así, son igualmente relevantes las fases del proceso, la discusión en ellas recogida, y no únicamente las fronteras que delimitan las áreas metropolitanas. Ello facilita que estas sean modulables, adaptables a la coyuntura específica en que son adoptadas, a través de la consideración crítica de las decisiones tomadas en cada una de las etapas.

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En el presente artículo se indaga en la dinámica desposeedora que se ha dado en los últimos cuarenta años, de forma agudizada tras las crisis de 2008 y del Covid-19, poniendo el énfasis en un recurso natural y bien común tan necesario como el agua, concretamente en el proyecto de remunicipalización planteado por el Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB). Para ello, primero nos acercamos al debate académico sobre los bienes comunes con tal de mostrar la relevancia de la investigación y algunas de las posturas al respecto. Después, veremos cómo se ha regido jurídica y políticamente el agua como derecho humano para, antes de pasar al último apartado, aproximarnos a algunas experiencias de gestión pública y comunitaria del agua. Por último, analizaremos el plan de remunicipalización del AMB a partir de tres ejes: eficiencia y gestión, gobernanza local y transparencia e innovación y sostenibilidad.

Las nuevas configuraciones socioespaciales de las áreas metropolitanas contemporáneas son producto de una interacción entre intereses, actores, actividades y usos del suelo. El rol del planeamiento y la gestión territorial operando en esa interacción resulta clave a fin de lograr un mayor desarrollo equilibrado y sostenible. El presente trabajo toma como caso de estudio al entorno del Aeropuerto Rosario, localizado en dos municipios distintos del Área Metropolitana (Rosario y Funes). Dicho componente territorial se configura en una nueva centralidad, presentando procesos heterogéneos, dinámicos y conflictivos. Se registran disputas con relación a la reciente expansión residencial suburbana, las nuevas ampliaciones del servicio aeroportuario, los espacios vacantes y la presencia de componentes ambientales. Se propone indagar en los procesos de producción del espacio, abordando el rol del ordenamiento territorial en el tiempo, el proceso de ocupación del suelo y las nuevas modalidades de regulación y gestión territorial. La metodología empleada consiste en un abordaje empírico, analítico y observacional. Se identifica una dislocación espacial de configuraciones socio-urbanas enlazada y potenciada con una disociación administrativa, por lo cual, la gestión territorial metropolitana en articulación con las esferas locales comprende el máximo desafío para alcanzar un desarrollo territorial sostenible.

This paper analyses the linkages of the creative and cultural industries (CCIs) in the metropolitan areas of Mexico and identifies two regionally differentiated 'locational-pull factors': the city's industrial base and amenities. These factors have been reinforced by the deconcentration of the Mexican urban system. The industrial base locational-pull factors plays an important role in cities involved in international trade with the United States/Canada, while the pull of amenities drives a different path associated with tourist and cultural enclaves. In Mexico, software and creative services (such as advertising) exhibit strong linkages within creative sectors and with other non-creative industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La resiliencia, entendida como la capacidad de un sistema para absorber impactos, se erige como una preocupación central en las áreas metropolitanas: instituciones nacionales y supranacionales desarrollan planes tendientes a tratarla a partir de la reducción de la vulnerabilidad. Por ello, este artículo focaliza en los cuatro aglomerados urbanos argentinos que superan el millón de habitantes: Gran Buenos Aires-Gran La Plata (AGBA-GLP), Gran Córdoba (AGC), Gran Rosario (AGR) y Gran Mendoza (AGM); el objetivo es diseñar una alternativa del índice de Vulnerabilidad Social ante el Desastre (IVSD) para calcularlo desde el primer trimestre de 2020 hasta el tercero del 2022 y así aproximarse a su resiliencia. Metodológicamente se acudió a los microdatos de la Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (EPH) del Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC). Ante las tres dimensiones que componen al índice (social, habitacional y económica), la habitacional es la que presenta mayor heterogeneidad entre los cuatro espacios siendo que el acceso a agua de red y a servicio cloacal destacan al respecto. Finalmente, tras postular la hipótesis que la magnitud demográfica está asociada positivamente con el IVSD, no se encuentra correlación pero el resultado cambia drásticamente tras eliminar al AGBA-GLP (el de mayor tamaño) del cálculo.

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This analysis cautions scholars to be more attentive to what constitutes the "metropolitan." Between 1990 and 2010, the Office of Management and Budget brought ninety-one metropolitan areas into existence and altered the boundaries of almost half of the others. Because metropolitan area reclassification not only creates new metropolitan areas but also frequently leads to the incorporation of peripheral, majority-White, counties, this article analyzes the effects of these territorial alterations on aggregate metropolitan racial diversity, changes in the aggregate counts of White people in metropolitan areas, and differences in the counts of census tracts in which White people form significant majorities. Using census data from 1990, 2000, and 2010, we demonstrate that the 2010 reclassification produces metropolitan areas that are relatively more White and relatively less diverse than those based on the 1990 definitions. In addition, using 2010 metropolitan boundaries rather than those from 1990 boosts the counts of predominantly White census tracts at the expense of other types. The reclassification process appears superficially to be race neutral, because it entails the periodic evaluation of intercounty economic linkages. We point out, however, that racialized residential processes help forge these new patterns of economic and social interaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Dispersed urban growth in the Toluca Metropolitan Area (ZMT) has accelerated in recent decades, and ecological ordering and urban planning have been exceeded. At the same time, there are no studies that guide decision-making for the correct exploitation and use of the territory. The objective of this study was to generate a territorial aptitude evaluation model to guide the direction of urban growth, through an analysis of the carrying capacity of the territory for a sustainable urban development of the ZMT. Impact urban expansion zones were identified in areas with ecological and environmental value, and socio-natural risk areas, with respect to current urban growth. Alternatives are proposed to reorient the direction and form of urban growth with criteria for the preservation of productive and environmental areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

¿Qué tipo de gobernanza se debe promover para las áreas metropolitanas en el siglo XXI? Esta pregunta, que parece actual, es la misma que se lleva haciendo desde hace tiempo en la literatura científica, así como en las instituciones y organizaciones implicadas en las políticas urbanas. Su respuesta ha ido variando a lo largo de los años, si bien recurrentemente ha procedido del ámbito institucional. Este trabajo tiene como propósito reflexionar sobre las posibles respuestas a los dilemas de la gobernanza metropolitana desde el punto de vista de las políticas públicas, concretamente, los planes estratégicos urbanos. Dichos instrumentos, planteados en coherencia con el Modelo de Desarrollo Urbano Sostenible Integrado (MDUSI), se muestran como un instrumento de política pública eficaz para dar respuesta a los retos que enfrentan las áreas metropolitanas en la actualidad.

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What kind of governance should be promoted for metropolitan areas in the 21st century? This question, which seems current, is the same one that has been asked for a long time in the scientific literature, as well as in the institutions and organizations involved in urban policies. Their response has varied over the years, although it has recurrently come from the institutional sphere. The aim of this work is to reflect on the possible responses to the dilemmas of metropolitan governance from the point of view of public policies, specifically, strategic plans. These instruments, in coherence with the Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Model (ISUDM), are shown as an effective tool to respond to the challenges metropolitan areas face nowadays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urban spaces in Latin America and the Caribbean have become strategic centers of experimentation of city models that allow for the reproduction of capital. This paper reflects on the link between neoliberal urbanism and urban restructuring, focusing on the role the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) plays in the planning of intermediate cities in the region. For this purpose, we take as case studies the programs "Initiative of Emerging and Sustainable Cities" (ICES) and "Development of Metropolitan Areas of the Interior" (DAMI), both implemented in the last decade (2011-2021) in the Metropolitan Area of Mendoza (AMM), Argentina. We analyze the central role played by the UNICIPIO-IDB alliance in metropolitan management, focusing on the axes of citizen security and interventions of urban transformation in central areas. The work carried out shows the key role played by the IDB in progressively determining the urban agenda and implementing neoliberal urban models, through its technical advice and the financing of certain urban programs, under the discourse of sustainability. A qualitative methodological design was carried out, focusing on case analysis. We used secondary sources, including official documents prepared by the IDB, the provincial government, UNICIPIO and the Municipality of Mendoza, as well as journalistic articles and sectorial magazines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La creciente urbanización del territorio y la aparición de las grandes ciudades constituyen, sin duda alguna, fenómenos de alcance global, a los que los diferentes ordenamientos jurídicos ofrecen respuestas institucionales muy distintas. Desde esta perspectiva, este trabajo pretende aproximarse a una de dichas soluciones, analizando el sistema de gobierno de las grandes áreas metropolitanas en Inglaterra y, muy especialmente, la figura de las autoridades combinadas (combined authorities). A tal efecto, este artículo se divide en dos grandes partes diferenciadas. En la primera se realiza un repaso histórico a la regulación jurídica del fenómeno metropolitano en Inglaterra, mientras que la segunda parte se dedica a analizar el régimen jurídico específico de las autoridades combinadas. Por último, este trabajo finaliza con unas ideas conclusivas sobre la experiencia comparada.

Este trabajo explora en qué medida la integración urbana se relaciona con una mejor calidad de vida en las áreas metropolitanas de Santiago, Valparaíso y Concepción, desafío no abordado hasta ahora por sus complejidades tanto metodológicas como de interpretación. Mediante el análisis comparado del Índice de Calidad de Vida Urbana (ICVU) e índices de Integración Urbana levantados a partir del Sistema de Indicadores y Estándares de Desarrollo Urbano (SIEDU), se abordan tres dimensiones clave: condiciones socioculturales, conectividad y movilidad, y vivienda y entorno. Los resultados confirman para el caso de las tres áreas metropolitanas de Chile que la integración urbana no necesariamente se expresa como resultado de una mejor calidad de vida, abriendo un importante cuestionamiento sobre los alcances que pueden tener una buena dotación de bienes y servicios públicos y privados para garantizar un mayor grado de integración en barrios y comunas, al menos a escala metropolitana. Adicionalmente, se devela la importancia que reviste la geografía de las áreas metropolitanas, debido a algunos resultados contrapuestos que se obtienen, generando un aporte significativo para el diseño de políticas públicas ante su próximo reconocimiento en Chile.

resumo O trabalho identifica e analisa as características dos setores censitários na capital do estado de São Paulo, Brasil, reunindo-os em agrupamentos mutuamente exclusivos. Desse modo, foram selecionadas variáveis sensíveis a condições e alterações populacionais, ambientais, criminais, habitacionais, de mobilidade e de expansão urbana para separar o território paulistano em parcelas que apresentassem homogeneidade intra-agrupamentos. Cada uma dessas parcelas representa um perfil demográfico e um padrão urbano distintos. Assim, identificando grupos semelhantes (diminuindo a variância intragrupos e maximizando a variância intergrupos), é possível obter um melhor discernimento das singularidades da cidade. Além disso, em uma perspectiva inter e transdisciplinar, este trabalho assinala a possibilidade de adequação tanto de estratégias de amostragem, coleta e estimação estatística como de identificação, descrição, significação e estudo do contexto paulistano.

Large cities and metropolitan areas are being transformed by different migratory and economic processes and also, in a relevant way, by residential mobility. This study focuses on the latter, analyzing profiles of the participants in centralization and suburbanization movements in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Bilbao, based on data from the 2011 census. Using binomial logistic regression models, we have measured a greater tendency to seek out urban centers of middle classes, educated population and people living in non-traditional households. At the same time, there is a growing suburbanization of young, working-class people involved in family projects. The combination of both movements (which could be individually seen as examples of social mix) is causing an increase in urban segregation, now on a metropolitan scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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La importancia de la experiencia residencial de los sujetos en sus decisiones de movilidad es un hecho reconocido, sin embargo, apenas existen estudios al respecto que traten de cuantificar el efecto de dicho bagaje residencial, y aún menos que traten de analizar cómo puede modular las decisiones de movilidad. En el presente trabajo respondemos precisamente a estas dos cuestiones: ¿cómo influye la experiencia residencial previa de los sujetos con los distintos entornos en la elección por los mismos? y, lo que es más relevante, ¿existen diferencias en los determinantes individuales de elección de entorno residencial según dicha experiencia previa? Para ello, se analizan los determinantes de la centralización y la suburbanización en las áreas metropolitanas españolas a partir de modelos logísticos con los datos del último censo disponible. Se confirma que el hecho de tener experiencia previa en los distintos entornos es un factor relevante para moverse hacia los mismos, pero no solo eso, sino que además los determinantes de dichas elecciones varían sustancialmente según se trate de movimientos de ida o vuelta, lo que apunta a que probablemente tengan explicaciones sustancialmente diferentes.

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La vuelta a la ciudad constituye un fenómeno de gran interés. Algunos individuos y hogares buscan la centralidad, pese a que la tendencia general continúa siendo la expansión hacia lo suburbano. Nuestra aportación consiste en conectar los planteamientos de los estudios sobre comportamiento residencial con las explicaciones de la recuperación de los municipios centrales para valorar hasta qué punto las teorías explican la realidad de las ciudades metropolitanas españolas. Para ello, hemos empleado datos del censo de población de 2011 y modelos de regresión logística binaria. Nuestros datos confirman la capacidad explicativa de las variables descritas en la literatura, pero al mismo tiempo muestran un cierto sesgo: funcionan mejor en las áreas de gran tamaño que en las menores. No se trata de una mera cuestión de escala, sino de que las primeras están atravesando una fase de recentralización, en tanto que en las segundas encontramos un proceso de concentración.

En los deltas metropolitanos emergentes convergen dinámicas naturales y procesos urbanos en un contexto de incertidumbre producto del cambio climático y el desarrollo económico. Este contexto vuelve a la planificación tradicional poco eficaz para abordar las problemáticas actuales y futuras de una manera flexible y participativa. Para desarrollar métodos y estrategias de planificación eficientes, es necesario comprender el funcionamiento de los sistemas para operar con la misma lógica con la que estos funcionan. En este artículo se presentará el concepto de deltas metropolitanos emergentes profundizando en la comprensión de estas áreas como sistemas adaptativos complejos. Asimismo, se ahondará en los desafíos de la planificación, analizando el caso del delta del río Paraná y presentando un método de planificación adaptativa y participativa para la zona.

Este estudio expone la situación actual de la organización supramunicipal y reflexiona sobre la conveniencia de su reforma y el posible alcance y sentido de esta.

Suburbs are currently the focus of much research because they are the arena for many contemporary social, economic, and political issues. Yet definitions of what constitutes a suburb remain elusive, and there is no consensus in the literature on best practice approaches. This article presents a side-by-side comparison of four methods of defining suburbs for quantitative research (Cooke and Marchant 2006; Hanlon and Vicino 2007; Kneebone and Berube 2013; Anacker, Niedt, and Kwon 2017). The comparison was conducted with data from the one hundred largest metropolitan areas in the United States using multivariate analysis of variance. The four methods were evaluated based on how well they capture the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic variability between urban and suburban areas and within suburban areas themselves. The results indicate that political boundaries of the inner city and regional variation in metropolitan structure are important characteristics that need to be considered when selecting a suburb definition for quantitative, comparative research on suburbs. This article highlights the strength and weaknesses of each method and recommends which method works best in various geographical contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Over the last decades, we have been witness to a global phenomenon of increasing urbanization of the territory and the emergence of large cities. The European legal systems offer very different institutional responses to this phenomenon. From this perspective, this paper tries to approach to one of these solutions, analysing how metropolitan areas are organized in England. In this sense, it focuses its attention particularly on the figure of the combined authorities. The paper is divided in two parts. The first one examines the evolution of the legal regulation of the metropolitan phenomenon in England. The second one analyses the specific regulation of the combined authorities. Finally, this paper ends with some conclusive ideas about comparative experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The mismatch between basic household needs and the conditions and characteristics of dwellings is at the centre of residential vulnerability. According to the guidelines established in the international and national level, this paper aims to apply a two-dimensional perspective in urban and housing research. Indeed, the concept of residential vulnerability is used to address, jointly, the areas and social groups at risk due to housing characteristics and conditions. By analysing 2011 Population and Housing Census data, three indicators were developed, linking physical housing conditions to relevant social dimensions. This integrated perspective is used to identify the size and range of residential vulnerability situations brought about by the physical characteristics of dwellings and how they link to relevant social dimensions in the Andalusia metropolitan system. Results revealed significant deficiencies in housing conditions, yielding different impacts by metropolitan area and social group. Although the reported problems did not affect a sizeable proportion of the population, they proved relevant given the severity of the issues addressed and the social groups involved. These shortcomings should constitute a priority for sustainable housing policies and urban plans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Metropolitan areas have become the battleground for human rights, particularly the "right to the city". The New Urban Agenda (NUA) recognises this principle as an ideal way to build a city for all. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present a sustainable (also urban) development model with multiple economic, social and environmental aspects. How does the metropolitan institutional framework influence the implementation of the SDGs? Do the necessary resources and competencies exist to meet the ideal expressed in the NUA? Using examples from all continents, the paper examines the extent to which actions and objectives aimed at sustainable urban development take a metropolitan approach and how institutional variables (i. e. metropolitan governance, fragmentation, degree of decentralisation and local autonomy, and role of the state) enhance or jeopardise these processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]