Metropolization and territorial planning as a development perspective in Angola

Abstract

The process of metropolization and economic growth in Angola since the post-war period (2002) has motivated the creation of territorial planning as a strategy for urban/regional development. This work analyses the planning and development actions of the Global South realities, based on the study of Luanda’s metropolization processes, in a context where demographic growth and informal urbanization have increased. Although it is one of the greatest expressions of socio-spatial asymmetries and precariousness, Luanda coexists with the aspirations of postmodern and neoliberal urban development brought about by the pressures of globalization. Through the application of a mixed methodology, it was found that neoliberal technocratic thinking applied to the planning of these realities struggles with the structural predominance of informality and configures a hybrid space.