This article aims to study the production of space in Bajo Piura, a hybrid (rural-urban) area where the valley and desert intersect, and where extractive dynamics and climate risks converge. The analysis is structured around three analytical categories: extractive scale, risk scale (both approached through the capital-nature relationship), and self-produced settlements. The objective is to analyze how links between capital accumulation, the climate crisis, and habitat self-production manifest under conditions of state deregulation and informal land markets. The mixed-methods approach combines qualitative and sociospatial perspectives, drawing on semi-structured interviews, cartographic data, and urban-territorial plans. The results reveal that the extractive and risk scales are a product of the conceived space, ignoring community practices amid uncertainty. The planning instruments reinforce this logic, naturalizing risk by proposing areas for capital expansion that stimulate speculation in land markets. In the new rurality, desert refuge settlements exemplify the reappropriation of communal land in line with resilient principles. The study proposes recognizing the Bajo Piura as an intermediate planning unit within a sustainable development framework that considers local environmental culture and the right to a safe territory.
Residential segregation is a key mechanism in the reproduction of socio-spatial inequality in contemporary cities. It takes on a particular form in Latin American intermediate cities, where physical proximity between social groups does not necessarily translate into integration. This article analyzes the residential segregation patterns in Culiac & aacute;n Rosales, Mexico, based on the spatial distribution of socioeconomic conditions at the census block scale. Using data from the 2020 population and housing census, a synthetic index of socioeconomic conditions was constructed via principal component analysis, and its territorial distribution was assessed using Global Moran's I index and local spatial association indicators, which identify the tendency for similar values to cluster across the territory. The results show a strongly structured spatial organization, with high-and low-socioeconomic clusters accounting for 46.66% of the analyzed blocks, while configurations of local socioeconomic mixing remain statistically marginal. This evidence indicates that inequality in Culiacan is organized by a geography of micro-territorial fragmentation, where physical proximity between contrasting settlements does not produce integration. The study contributes to the debate on urban fragmentation in Latin American intermediate cities, showing that this urban scale does not mechanically reproduce the metropolis center-periphery pattern, but rather a specific spatial logic relevant to the design of territorial equity policies.
Lima's landscaped areas are in danger of disappearing due to the city's expansion. These areas include coastal hills, whose vegetation emerges in various districts of the city due to the fog. One such district is Independencia, in North Lima, where several hills are located, including Loma Bella Durmiente or Bella Dumiente Hill, which retains its scenic beauty and biodiversity in part of its still-uninvaded area. This article looks to analyze urban mobility strategies for hill conservation. The methodology is based on participant observation and cartographic methods for collecting information in the field and processing it in the office. Among the main results regarding urban mobility is the existence of different access scales to the hill: metropolitan, district, and neighborhood, determined by the district's geography. Hill protection initiatives led by residents of the hillside neighborhoods were also identified. However, a lack of planning was evident, as these aspects were not considered to make the route userfriendly and more attractive.
Chilean urban regulations are extremely permissive. They almost automatically approve development projects in urban areas that comply with current regulations. However, the recent increase in the Indigenous population in Chilean cities is creating a "contact zone" between this group and urban development approval processes. Based on a case study of the real estate expansion around the Piedra Retxikura National Archaeological Monument, located alongside the Segunda Faja sector of Villarrica, Araucania Region, Chile, this research seeks to analyze the extent to which the Indigenous population is included in the planning and approval processes for urban development projects. Through a qualitative approach based on semi-structured interviews, document review, and empirical data collection, the experiences of key actors, both community and institutional, were analyzed. The study highlights the absence of an intercultural approach and the coloniality in the organization of planning processes that delegate decisions regarding Indigenous peoples to proponents of development projects submitted to the Environmental Impact Assessment System. This leads to the complete exclusion of the Indigenous community from the decision-making process regarding real estate projects.
Urban planning instruments produce nature through zoning, creating tensions in how these spaces are named and regulated. This study aims to identify and compare the modes of production of nature in Concepci & oacute;n's Metropolitan Area by analyzing the planning instruments in different socio-historical periods. For this analysis, a mixed-methods approach that combined critical discourse analysis, document review, and semi-structured interviews was used. The results show that nature is subordinated to socio-economic functions, despite the increased emphasis on environmental semantics in planning instruments. This demonstrates the need to make technical language more transparent and to recognize nature's multiple meanings for its effective integration into city planning. CLAUDIA
