The right to the city isn’t another right. It is a radical vision that demands fundamental changes in the relationship between people and nature
Changes in conceptions of citizenship at territorial level, in the use of land and property, in planning and management, in production methods, in the economy, and in the management of the commons.
Lorena Zarate
The following diagram gives an example of the methodology:
Opportunity Democratic metropolitan governance
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Finally, participants then broke up into mixed groups (of representatives of both metropolitan and peripheral cities) and worked on narratives for metropolitan areas based on the structure: Opportunity > Challenge > Choice
Challenge • Competencies • Relationship between different levels of government • Create spaces of agreement • Metropolitan identity • Financing • Powers in line with responsibilities
Choice Legal frameworks Financing frameworks Democratic participation Effective public administration mechanisms • Political and social consensus • • • •