By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas. This volume explores the implications of this unprecedented

This book evaluates the impact of 20 years of urban policies in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. It argues

After the 1960s, rapid urbanization in developing regions in Latin America, Africa, and Asia was marked by the expansion of low-income "irregular" settlements t

This volume of Transport and Sustainability focuses on how spatial and social mobilities are intertwined in the reproduction of spatial and social inequities in

About half of the region's poor live in cities, and policy makers across Latin America are increasingly interested in policy advice on how to design programmes