Housing Policy and Urban Expansion

Alternatives for Comprehensive Territorial Planning in the Periphery of the City of San Juan

Abstract

This article shows alternatives that contribute to the land use planning of San Juan City related to housing policy, which promotes urban process in the peripheral area of the city. The land use planning methodology was chosen as systemic methodology because it allows to identify iterative process, with special qualities as a multisectoral, prospective, and strategic planned process. Through a territorial diagnosis, there were identified problems and potentialities, and in the planning process, a series of objectives and strategic alternatives were established to achieve a sustainable development of the space of study. Results demonstrate the transgression and absence of normative instruments that regulate land uses; the uncontrolled construction of social housing in the periphery and finally the deficiency of equipment and infrastructures that provide services to the population. It is expected that the proposal will serve as a consultation for those who are in charge of managing the territory, putting the collective interest before the individual and favoring the participation of all social sectors.