Megaprojects and the Restructuring of Urban Governance
The Case of the New Quito International Airport
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4500482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrés Carrión (0000-0003-3817-3815, corresponding author), Andrea Carrión (0000-0001-5691-8927) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 252-265 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x15579900 |
| OpenAlex | W1987798735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
Urban megaprojects are contentious sites in the politics and restructuring of local governance. In Ecuador, the state supported entrepreneurial urban governance under neoliberal administrations, and the "post-neoliberal" governments continue to employ an entrepreneurial approach to urban infrastructures. Building urban megaprojects does not mean building inclusive territories, as large investments divert attention from everyday practices to politically motivated disputes and reinforce uneven spatial development. The case of the Quito international airport illustrates the tensions in the production of space, the socio-spatial externalities, and the rescaling of the power relations between actors under different political regimes. Los megaproyectos urbanos son espacios de conflicto en la política y la reestructuración de la gobernanza local. En el Ecuador el Estado apoyó una gobernanza urbana empresarial bajo las administraciones neoliberales y los gobiernos "post-neoliberales" siguen empleando un enfoque empresarial hacia las infraestructuras urbanas. La construcción de megaproyectos urbanos no implica la construcción de espacios inclusivos en tanto que las grandes inversiones desvían la atención de las prácticas cotidianas hacia conflictos claramente políticos y refuerzan un desarrollo espacial desigual. El caso del aeropuerto internacional de Quito ilustra las tensiones en la producción del espacio, las externalidades socio-espaciales y el reajuste de las relaciones de poder entre actores bajo regímenes políticos diferentes
Corporate governance · Economics · Economy · Geography · Local governance · Management · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Welfare economics · Latin American Urban Studies · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance
New State Spaces
Neo-liberal urban planning policies
Spatial Divisions of Labour
Spaces of neoliberalization
Spatial Divisions of Labor
From Managerialism to Entrepreneurialism
The New Imperialism
Neoliberalizing Space
Cities and the Geographies of “Actually Existing Neoliberalism”
The Panic to Leave
The production of space
Ecuador
Authoritarian Governance, Power, and the Politics of Rescaling
Terrorism, Airport Security, and the Private Sector
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |