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Green infrastructure is being recognized as one of the main strategies for climate emergency mitigation and adaptation in urban contexts. However, there are still very few initiatives in Latin America. This paper explores the Chilean case, in particular the "Stgo+ Green Infrastructure" project, to understand how the climate emergency has been included in green infrastructure planning and the level of priority it has among various types of stakeholders. The research was conducted through a review of planning documents and a participatory methodology, involving institutional, academic, and civil society stakeholders. Chilean urban regulations and territorial planning instruments do not offer much opportunity for the development of green infrastructure systems to face the climate emergency, but there are several indicative instruments that contribute in that sense. On the other hand, there is growing recognition by stakeholders of the importance of green infrastructure, but the climate emergency is an aspect that is still given low priority. The low priority that actors attribute to the climate emergency represents a significant barrier for the incorporation of these issues in public plans and policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When and why did tomas (land occupations) begin? Despite the widespread belief that La Victoria, in 1957, was the first toma in Chile, and even in South America, many scholars affirm that this phenomenon began in the mid-forties. This article, through an analysis of the press and documentary sources, studies the land occupations that were carried out in Santiago, Chile between 1945 and 1957. Our hypothesis is that the toma was invented in the mid-fifties, when land occupations, which were previously realized silently, started to be dis-played in the public space. In this manner they became political statements. This shift in the mobilizations of the pobladores (marginal squatters) can be explained by the political context, as well as by the change in the State's role in relation to housing problems and urban growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Housing studies in Chile have focused on unequal access and segregation. Less attention has been given to subsidy selection system policies and its consequences. This article reviews chilean housing subsidy policies, levels of focalisation and its effects on spatial and social configuration in neighbourhoods, between 1980 and 1997. When higher levels of focalisation are identified, there is a lower social organisation, diminished rooting in housing complexes and fewer expectations for change. This entails further deterioration of urban space and difficulties towards implementing improvements. Therefore, focalized housing subsidies deteriorate social and spatial articulation of the neighbourhoods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The "favelas" of Rio de Janeiro and the "poblaciones" of Santiago de Chile were usually visited by external actors. It is through the accounts of social workers, students, political activists or volunteers that we know about the histories of these places. With the beginning of the cold war, the presence of these individuals took on a new meaning. In this backdrop, the conflict between the communists and the Catholic Church for the hegemony over the low-income neighborhoods, which sometimes led to violent confrontations, took a central stage. Yet, the activities developed by these institutions strengthened the organization of the inhabitants and physically improved these neighborhoods, fostering their urban, social and political integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]