Territorial ordinance and land use in Buenos Aires Province

Development related effects

Abstract

Land use and territorial planning regulations are an instrument of public policy that guides the process of spatial production. Its purpose is to organize and plan the occupation of space according to the city model to be achieved. The objective of this paper is to analyze the effects produced by the implementation of the Land Use and Land Use Planning regulations of the Province of Buenos Aires in the territorial aspects related to development, considering it as the increase of welfare and the decrease of inequality, related to the access to land, housing and habitat, one of the main social needs. The paper begins with the concept of development and territory used and the importance of public policy on land use and land use planning. It explains The existing regulations at the national level and those corresponding to the Province of Buenos Aires, in relation to the minimum dimensions of piece of ground and infrastructure. Finally, the inequalities between gated communities and social housing neighborhoods are highlighted. As results, the lack of compliance with the objective of a compact city and the increase in socio-spatial segregation can be mentioned.