La planificación local: nuevas orientaciones metodológicas
Author
Galilea, Sergio; Instituto de Estudios Urbanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Abstract
Local planning in today Latin American faces serious problems derived from certain practices which have characterized it in the past. Among them it may be mentioned the excessive formalism, a strongly centralized conception of planning, burocratization, etc. The author postulates the need for a new type of local planning. The new approach has to be able to consider the arguments which appraise the importance of the local environment with all its limits. A set of methodological requirements to allow achieving the goals of effective participation and pragmatic soundness, is also outlined.