STRATEGIC PLANNING IN INTERMEDIATE CITIES OF THE ARGENTINIAN NORTHEAST

Abstract

Intermediate cities in Argentina have been the ones which had the most population growth during the last thirty years, as a result of social and economic changes. This situation has transformed traditional processes of territory occupation especially in the cities of North East region. Thus, the strong urban sprawl process these cities are suffering entails a number of issues related with lack of proper planning policies.

This paper summarized different planning projects applied to middle sized cities by The Planning Institute (IPUR) from Faculty of Architecture (UNNE) which has been developed over years to addressed urban growth and managed to achieve sustainable development. The chosen projects could be an example of smart initiatives to tackle issues of cities in similar situation.