Ciudad Sustentable: Crisis y Oportunidad en México

Abstract

This text attempts to update some ideas regarding the regional-urban problem from a critical point of view and applied to Mexico. Main sustainability problems within Mexican cities are analyzed, taking into account not only their inner context but the global revolutions (open markets, technology and information, politics and social expectations), that have deeply changed this nation during the last 3 decades, emphasizing its socio-environmental transformations. Proposed principles aim to recover urban planning and to put in practice a governance process based on the territory in order to face the deep urban crisis in Mexico. © Architecture, city, and environment.