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Arcia, Diego AndrésCorresponding AuthorEzquiaga, Jose MariaAuthor

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July 8, 2024
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Cartography of Concentrated Urbanization. Analysis of Global, Regional, and National Initiatives in Latin America

Publicated to: Architecture, City and Environment. 18 (54): 12031- - 2024-02-01 18(54), DOI: 10.5821/ace.18.54.12031

Authors:

Arcia, DA; Ezquiaga, JM
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Urbanismo & Ordenac Terr, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Urbanismo & Ordenac Terr, Sostenibil & Regenerac Urbana, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Since the beginning of the XXI century, governments, international organizations, and academia have developed initiatives to intervene and govern cities, responding to global agreements and following the "urban era" narrative -a tipping point when humanity became predominantly urban-. Many initiatives insist on defining countries and regions as "urban" given their population concentration thresholds and by type of settlement. We consider such approximation reductive because, in line with other authors, we understand urban and urbanization not as empirical objects but theoretical categories to understand historicalprocesses of concentration and extension with variable and dynamic socio -spatial dimensions. This article criticizes the linear transition model followed by these initiatives and questions their capacity to measure, map and govern the transformation produced by urbanization. To this end, we collected qualitative and quantitative multi -sector indicators from 9 initiatives on performance and spatial characterization of several cities and developed an unpublished Comparative Matrix of those indicators. We present the paradigmatic case of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, where we compare the initiatives, measurements, and cartographies for concentrated urbanization. Our findings are limited to that city, but by analyzing the other Latin American cities revealed recurrent problems: variability of scale; interpretation and comparability of metrics and cartographies; disconnection between evidence, interpretation models and prescriptions; empirical bias when characterizing urbanization; and difficulties for governance. With evidence from the Global South, we question the way narratives and methods form the Global North are imposed without critical reflection, these initiatives lack adequate frameworks for intervening the constant agitations and entanglements produce by contemporary urbanization.
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Keywords

Cartagena de indiasCitLandscapeOrdinary citiesPlanetary urbanizatioPlanetary urbanizationUrban governance

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Architecture, City and Environment due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Architecture.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 7 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/93739/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 27
  • Downloads: 6
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ARCIA, DIEGO ANDRÉS) and Last Author (EZQUIAGA DOMINGUEZ, JOSE MARIA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been ARCIA, DIEGO ANDRÉS.

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