Is the decolonial approach in spatial planning studies an irreconcilable conflict or an opportunity for Western academics?

Within the debate on "pluralizing the field of urban studies" (Schwarz & Streule 2016), this paper inquires the difference between the western concept of territorial governance and the current urban development in the global South, referring to three Andean countries, that are extremely complex in social, political and economic terms. Planning practices are developed and bump against institutions, analysts and media that repeat a series of "have to" on development, democracy and the State from the western