Land-use regulation in Córdoba. Towards a sustainable and inclusive city?

Abstract Land use regulations, as well as current planning guidelines are presented as a basis for sustainable, inclusive and equitable urban development in Cordoba. However, an analysis of their actual impact on the territory shows that these instruments not only do not reverse but actually lead to urban development below minimum thresholds for sustainability and efficiency. Additionally, they favor the concentration of the benefits of urbanization in the hands of fewer and fewer agents, excluding a significant part of the population. Current land use regulations were reviewed, together with recent urban plans and public projects, to define future territorial patterns. Concomitantly, a documentary review determined the specific sustainability and efficiency thresholds for Córdoba. Subsequently, both data were compared, to determine the sustainability of these patterns. Finally, they were correlated with a local real estate market survey, to ascertain their impact on urban land values. This causally determined the role of land use regulations in the local urban land market, which concentrates the benefits of urbanization both territorially and in large-scale developers/landowners, resulting in spatial production processes that exclude a significant portion of the population.

摘要：土地使用规制与现行规划导则，被作为科尔多瓦实现可持续、包容且公平城市发展的依据。然而，针对其对城市地域实际影响的分析表明，此类规制工具非但未能扭转既有局面，反而致使城市发展水平低于可持续性与效能的最低阈值。此外，此类工具还倾向于将城市化收益集中于愈发少数的主体手中，将大量人口排除在外。研究团队对现行土地使用规制、近期城市规划及公共项目开展梳理，以明确未来城市地域发展格局。与此同时，通过文献综述确定了科尔多瓦市可持续性与效能的具体阈值。随后，将两类数据进行对比，以评估上述地域发展格局的可持续性。最后，将分析结果与当地房地产市场调研数据相关联，以明确其对城市土地价值的影响。本研究通过因果分析明确了土地使用规制在当地城市土地市场中的作用：此类规制将城市化收益在地域层面与大型开发商/土地所有者层面集中，最终形成将大量人口排除在外的空间生产过程。