Director of the Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies of the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
He is a geographer and holds a master’s degree in Urban Development from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He received his PhD in Architecture and Urban Studies from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
RESEARCH AREAS
He specializes in areas related to urban growth and socio-spatial transformations in Chilean cities.
Principal Investigator of the Fondecyt Regular Project No. 1241683: “Actores, prácticas e impactos de las geografías de la financiarización urbana en Chile” (2024–2026).
Co-Investigator of Fondecyt Project No. 1221332: “Geografías de la transitoriedad residencial: mercados, formas y prácticas del arriendo en Chile” (2022–2025).
LATEST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Señoret, A., Link, F., Rodríguez, S., & Fuentes, L. (2024). The forms of neighborhood cohesion: From social contact to symbolic belonging in neoliberal Santiago de Chile. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2377213
Navarrete-Hernández, P., Luneke, A., Truffello, R., & Fuentes, L. (2023). Planning for fear of crime reduction: Assessing the impact of public space regeneration on safety perceptions in deprived neighborhoods. Landscape And Urban Planning, 237, 104809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104809
Solorza, S. A. M., Marquet, O., Fuentes, L., & Miralles‐Guasch, C. (2023). Urban Vitality Conditions and Neighborhood Satisfaction in a Latin American City: The Case of Santiago de Chile. Journal Of Urban Planning And Development, 149(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/jupddm.upeng-4332
Olbrich, J. P. S., Vich, G., Miralles‐Guasch, C., & Fuentes, L. (2022). Urban sprawl containment by the urban growth boundary: the case of the Regulatory Plan of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago of Chile. Journal Of Land Use Science, 17(1), 324-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423x.2022.2086312
Arce, L. F., Ramírez, M. I., Rodríguez, S., & Señoret, A. (2022). Socio-spatial differentiation in a Latin American metropolis: urban structure, residential mobility, and real estate in the high-income cone of Santiago de Chile. International Journal Of Urban Sciences/International Journal Of Urban Sciences, 27(2), 195-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/12265934.2022.2116087
Benita, F., Fuentes, L., Guzmán, L. A., Martínez, R. M., Muñoz, J. C., Neo, H., Rodríguez-Leiva, S., & Soza‐Parra, J. (2022). Comparing COVID-19 in the antipodes: Insights from pandemic containment strategies on both sides of the Pacific. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 15, 100660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2022.100660
Valenzuela‐Levi, N., Fuentes, L., Ramírez, M. I., Rodríguez, S., & Señoret, A. (2022). Urban sustainability and perceived satisfaction in neoliberal cities. Cities, 126, 103647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103647
Fuentes, L., Truffello, R., & Flores, M. (2022). Impact of Land Use Diversity on Daytime Social Segregation Patterns in Santiago de Chile. Buildings, 12(2), 149. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12020149
Link, F., Señoret, A., Fuentes, L., & Rodríguez, S. (2022). Vitalidad urbana y sociabilidad barrial: complejidades de una metrópolis latinoamericana. Ciudad y Territorio, Estudios Territoriales, 54(212), 443-458. https://doi.org/10.37230/cytet.2022.212.9
Fuentes, L., Miralles‐Guasch, C., Truffello, R., Delclòs‐Alió, X., Flores, M., & Rodríguez, S. (2020). Santiago de Chile through the Eyes of Jane Jacobs. Analysis of the Conditions for Urban Vitality in a Latin American Metropolis. Land, 9(12), 498. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9120498
El acceso de los jóvenes al trabajo y la ciudad. Miradas territoriales de la desigualdad y la segregación en Santiago de Chile. (2020). Ciudad y Territorio, Estudios Territoriales, 204. https://doi.org/10.37230/cytet.2020.204.10