Two seemingly contradictory spatial trends are occurring today in the peri-urban areas of Quito, which reshapes the dispute of territorialities: i) an unprecedented expansion of the urban area along the rural boroughs and ii) a growing recognition of land rights of indigenous and peasant communities in the Constitution of Ecuador, as well as the right to the city. This paper analyzes how both trends are related in the context of the largest infrastructure project in Quito in the last decade: the New Quito International Airport (NAIQ by its Spanish acronym). Tababela, the borough where NAIQ sits, was a predominantly rural area until the construction of the new airport. The operation of NAIQ is the embodiment of a very strong capital re-terri...
The paper discusses the concept of public space implemented by the Quito Metropolitan District Munic...
The subject of theory, “Citizen participation in the elaboration of special plans of use and occupa...
The increase of gated communities worldwide has put into debate the existing particularities in diff...
Two seemingly contradictory spatial trends are occurring today in the peri-urban areas of Quito, whi...
Planetary urbanization has involved an urban growth that transformed territories and its people. Thu...
Urban development in Latin America in the last decades is the result of the formal and informal proc...
The aim of this doctoral thesis is to challenge the way in which cities are planned towards a more i...
This collaborative research includes a series of experiences of community based land use planning, ...
Is the contemporary city like the contemporary airport- “all the same”? This hypothesis in "The Gene...
This paper seeks a qualitative approach to the urban periphery of Quito with the purpose of investig...
Since 1950, Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, has experienced accelerated economic and political g...
Análisis de las luchas contestatarias en Quito durante el proceso de conformación del distrito metro...
The territorial “nodes” are defined as the spaces in which the territorialities’ dialectics gains in...
The territorial “nodes” are defined as the spaces in which the territorialities’ dialectics gains in...
In this article we study a social conflict case related to a large-scale mining project in Ecuador...
The paper discusses the concept of public space implemented by the Quito Metropolitan District Munic...
The subject of theory, “Citizen participation in the elaboration of special plans of use and occupa...
The increase of gated communities worldwide has put into debate the existing particularities in diff...
Two seemingly contradictory spatial trends are occurring today in the peri-urban areas of Quito, whi...
Planetary urbanization has involved an urban growth that transformed territories and its people. Thu...
Urban development in Latin America in the last decades is the result of the formal and informal proc...
The aim of this doctoral thesis is to challenge the way in which cities are planned towards a more i...
This collaborative research includes a series of experiences of community based land use planning, ...
Is the contemporary city like the contemporary airport- “all the same”? This hypothesis in "The Gene...
This paper seeks a qualitative approach to the urban periphery of Quito with the purpose of investig...
Since 1950, Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, has experienced accelerated economic and political g...
Análisis de las luchas contestatarias en Quito durante el proceso de conformación del distrito metro...
The territorial “nodes” are defined as the spaces in which the territorialities’ dialectics gains in...
The territorial “nodes” are defined as the spaces in which the territorialities’ dialectics gains in...
In this article we study a social conflict case related to a large-scale mining project in Ecuador...
The paper discusses the concept of public space implemented by the Quito Metropolitan District Munic...
The subject of theory, “Citizen participation in the elaboration of special plans of use and occupa...
The increase of gated communities worldwide has put into debate the existing particularities in diff...