Urban planning as a territorial transformation policy: The case of Lincoln Plaza mall territorialization, Moravia, Costa Rica

Urban planning is often interpreted as a technical-objective instrument. This fact hides the real political interests that drive the formulation, concretion and modification of territorial planning instruments. Through the case study of Lincoln Plaza mall territorialization, the article sets out arg...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Jiménez Corrales, Andrés
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/42607
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/revistarquis/article/view/42607
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Lincoln Plaza
Municipality of Moravia
Urban planning
Territorialization
Neoliberal urbanism
Municipalidad de Moravia
Planificación urbana
Territorialización
Urbanismo neoliberal
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Summary:Urban planning is often interpreted as a technical-objective instrument. This fact hides the real political interests that drive the formulation, concretion and modification of territorial planning instruments. Through the case study of Lincoln Plaza mall territorialization, the article sets out arguments to discuss the premise presented. To do this, it uses as a methodology the review of documents, such as municipal records, journalistic news, bibliography and interviews. Results demonstrate the creation of public-private support for Lincoln Plaza mall building, achieved through a transformation of the local territorial planning instrument and influenced by particular and private interests.