Tackling housing shortages or addressing sustainable urban land use? A political economy approach of urban sprawl in public housing projects in Suriname
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2016
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Urban sprawl, often associated with low density, fragmented or unplanned urban development, is generally considered an undesirable form of urbanization. Certainly in a developing context such as the Caribbean, it is taking problematic proportions. According to United Nations the Caribbean region is one of the most urbanized areas in the world. Over 75% of all Caribbean’s lives in urban agglomerations, often in large, spread-out and unplanned metropolitan agglomerations. (UN Habitat, 2012) As a result, problems arise in protecting natural habitats, woodlands or arable land and Caribbean cities are becoming increasingly dysfunctional in terms of urban mobility, and the provision of urban amenities. (Heirman & Coppens, 2013) (Verrest, et al., 2011)
International donor agencies, national and regional governments in the Caribbean often have strong intentions to set up planning frameworks to guide urban development, frequently borrowing concepts from the developed countries. Western urban planning strategies to combat sprawl however show a rather disappointing success (Phelps, 2012). Part of the failure of planning relates to the fact that discussions and research on sprawl have been far too concerned with urban form and its generic causes and consequences, at the expense of an understanding of the processes producing urban form (Neuman, 2005)
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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
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