The Grassroots Rises, 2000s

How Urban Planning Impacts Latino Vendor Markets

“…Latinos are one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic minorities in the U.S. [30], yet there is a need to better understand their role in the shaping of cities. Since 2000, Latino Urbanism has emerged as a theoretical and practical approach to community development and planning policy that seeks to understand how socio-economic and political change affects the nature and functioning of cities with large Latino populations over time [31,32]. Specifically, Latino Urbanism is concerned with understanding the extent to which Latino lifestyle preferences and experiences are tied, or not, to a baseline of opportunities, such as standard of living and educational attainment; more specifically, Latino Urbanism explores how classist and racialized public policy and civic practices impact Latinos [32].…”

“…Since 2000, Latino Urbanism has emerged as a theoretical and practical approach to community development and planning policy that seeks to understand how socio-economic and political change affects the nature and functioning of cities with large Latino populations over time [31,32]. Specifically, Latino Urbanism is concerned with understanding the extent to which Latino lifestyle preferences and experiences are tied, or not, to a baseline of opportunities, such as standard of living and educational attainment; more specifically, Latino Urbanism explores how classist and racialized public policy and civic practices impact Latinos [32]. Two pervasive barriers to the inclusion of this demographic in planning is (1) the lack of understanding of the ways in which these communities socially construct place and (2) the contribution that sociocultural infrastructure and support networks afford residents [28,[32][33][34].…”

“…Specifically, Latino Urbanism is concerned with understanding the extent to which Latino lifestyle preferences and experiences are tied, or not, to a baseline of opportunities, such as standard of living and educational attainment; more specifically, Latino Urbanism explores how classist and racialized public policy and civic practices impact Latinos [32]. Two pervasive barriers to the inclusion of this demographic in planning is (1) the lack of understanding of the ways in which these communities socially construct place and (2) the contribution that sociocultural infrastructure and support networks afford residents [28,[32][33][34]. Latinos have the highest rate of new entrepreneurs in the U.S. [35].…”