Peripheral Regions, Fragile Governance: Local Economic Development in Latin America

Karen Chapple

Part of the Spring 2017 Bay Area Latin America Forum

March 9, 2017

Peripheral Regions, Fragile Governance: Local Economic Development in Latin America

Event Description

Much of our understanding of local economic development is based on large urban areas. This framework not only over-represents the regional dynamics of cities of the global North, it also fails to properly characterize the challenges of smaller cities and peripheral regions in both the North and South. This talk will present an alternative view of local economic development by exploring rural and urban areas throughout Latin America.

Speaker

Karen Chapple is a professor of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley specializing in regional planning, economic development, and housing. She is a founding member of the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on Building Resilient Regions.

Resources

"Development on the Peripheries" by Karen Chapple and Sergio Montero