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    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2021
    Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina

    Spatio-temporal characterization of urban expansion is the first step towards understanding how cities grow in space. We summarize two approaches used in urban expansion measurement, namely, concentric-ring analysis and grid-based analysis. Concentric-ring analysis divides urban areas into a series of rings, which is used to quantify the distance decay of urban elements from city centers. Grid-based analysis partitions a city into regular grids that are used to interpret local dynamics of urban growth.

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    International Workshop on Improving Urban Management

    Conference Papers & Reports
    October, 1989
    Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

    Presenta una estrategia para combinar la teoría y la práctica en la búsqueda de métodos que den buenos resultados para mejorar la gestión de las zonas urbanas y las condiciones de vida cotidiana en las mayores ciudades del mundo. Incluye un informe sobre la marcha del proyecto Mega-Cities, hasta la fecha, en las ciudades participantes: México, Sao Paulo, Tokio, Nueva York, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Beijing, Los Angeles, Bangkok, Londres y Nairobi.

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    Proyecto Pobreza Urbana: Estrategia Orientada a la Acción para los Gobiernos y las Instituciones Municipales en América Latina y el Caribe ROA/28

    Reports & Research
    December, 2005
    Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, South America, Central America

    Este trabajo forma parte de un estudio realizado en el marco del proyecto Pobreza urbana: estrategia orientada a la acción para los gobiernos e instituciones municipales en América Latina y el Caribe, (1) sobre experiencias emblemáticas que contribuyen a la superación de la precariedad y pobreza urbana. En su conjunto, las experiencias emblemáticas dan cuerpo a los lineamientos principales de una agenda estratégica para la superación de la precariedad y pobreza urbana en América Latina y el Caribe.

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    Volume 9 Issue 7

    Peer-reviewed publication
    July, 2020
    Argentina, Belgium, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Poland, United States of America, Venezuela

    A singular and modest activist action, a temporary park created in San Francisco, grew into the global urban Park(ing) Day (PD) phenomenon. This tactical urbanism event not only expanded to be annually celebrated in thousands of parking lots all over the world but became an inspiration for urban planning and policy changes. The permanent rendition of Park(ing) Day, parklets, resulted from the movement but did not stop the spread of PD itself.

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    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    September, 2008
    Dominican Republic, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean

    This study on Latin America is based on a sample of eight countries, comprising the big four economies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico; Colombia and Ecuador, two of the poorest South American tropical countries; the Dominican Republic, the largest Caribbean economy; and Nicaragua, the poorest country in Central America. Together, in 2000-04, these countries accounted for 78 percent of the region's population, 80 percent of the region's agricultural value added, and 84 percent of the total gross domestic product (GDP) of Latin America.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2010
    Americas, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

    This document reports on the regional consultation for Southern America (including Mexico), held in Brasilia on 20 and 21 of May 2010 with the support of the Government of Brazil and preceded by a civil society meeting composed of organizations integrating the International NGO/CSO Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), whose recommendations have been annexed at this document.

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