Late 20th Century (1975–2000)

Montevideo POT

1998 · Uruguay · Latin America · Regional & polycentric planning · Planned by Intendencia de Montevideo
Plan/zoning map of Montevideo showing its 62 official neighbourhoods and territorial subdivision - the city-wide spatial structure addressed by the 1998 Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial (POT). The POT
Plan/zoning map of Montevideo showing its 62 official neighbourhoods and territorial subdivision - the city-wide spatial structure addressed by the 1998 Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial (POT). The POT · cc-by-sa

Core idea

Territorial development plan

Why it matters

Regional land-use integration in Uruguay

Description

The Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial (POT) of Montevideo, adopted in 1998 by the Intendencia de Montevideo, was a territorial development plan covering the whole department, urban and rural. It established a framework of land-use zoning, urban containment, protection of productive rural and coastal areas, and structuring of the city through centralities and corridors, following the decentralisation reforms of the early 1990s.

Significance

The POT was a pioneering instance of comprehensive territorial planning in Uruguay, integrating regional land-use, environmental and urban questions in a single instrument. It is cited in Latin American planning literature as part of the 1990s wave of democratically grounded municipal plans that combined statutory zoning with strategic spatial visions.

What shaped it

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