Habitability or profitability? Urban planning regulations subordinated in form and functionality to the regulation of land profitability in Santiago de Chile

Urban regulations, as possibilities and limitations to construction, outline one of the forms of coexistence within the city. Their criteria, however, do not always point to that end. As this article describes, if a norm based on habitability entails a regulation based on criteria such as coexistence and quality of life, one with an axis in constructability entails a focus on market and profitability.