Urban Regeneration in Mexico City: Polysemy of Conceptions and Public Actions
This article analyzes the usage of the term urban regeneration in the theory and the practice in Mexico City, which since the 1970s different theoretical, political, and ideological currents have used to address the multidimensional economic, social, physical, and environmental problems of urban dec...
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oai:ojs.revistas.uchile.cl:article-633512020-12-15T16:31:25Z Urban Regeneration in Mexico City: Polysemy of Conceptions and Public Actions Regeneración urbana en la Ciudad de México: polisemia de concepciones y de acciones públicas Delgadillo, Víctor This article analyzes the usage of the term urban regeneration in the theory and the practice in Mexico City, which since the 1970s different theoretical, political, and ideological currents have used to address the multidimensional economic, social, physical, and environmental problems of urban decay and deterioration in the existing urban fabric. The article provides evidence that under this conception a polysemy of public actions (non-neutral or depoliticized) and some social initiatives are promoted and applied in dealing with very partially diverse urban problems. The article analyzes experiences of public interventions carried out between 1970 and 2020 in consolidated urban fabrics in Mexico’s capital city, promoted with more or less intensity by social collectives in working-class neighborhoods downtown, the historic center, and self-built quarters in the urban periphery. Beyond the neutral discourse of urban regeneration and alleged comprehensive interventions, in the practice sectoral policies or real estate ventures that, although sometimes converge in a single territory, and are not comprehensive nor coordinated or do not necessarily benefit the majority of society. The article collects the results of various investigations carried out in the last two decades on urban and housing policies in different urban areas. Este artículo analiza el uso del concepto de regeneración urbana en la teoría y la praxis en la Ciudad de México, usado desde la década de 1970 por distintas corrientes teóricas, políticas e ideológicas para confrontar los multidimensionales problemas económicos, sociales, físicos y medioambientales del deterioro urbano y del tejido urbano existente. El artículo evidencia que bajo este concepto se promueve y aplica una polisemia de acciones públicas (no neutras ni despolitizadas) y algunas iniciativas sociales para confrontar muy parcialmente diversos problemas urbanos. El artículo analiza experiencias de intervención pública realizadas, entre 1970 y 2020, en tejidos urbanos consolidados de la capital mexicana que fueron promovidos con mayor o menor intensidad por colectivos sociales en céntricos barrios populares, en el centro histórico y en barrios autoconstruidos en periferias urbanas. Más allá del discurso neutro de la regeneración urbana y de supuestas intervenciones integrales, en la práctica se continúan impulsando políticas sectoriales o negocios inmobiliarios que, pese a converger en un mismo territorio, no son integrales ni coordinadas ni benefician a la mayoría de la sociedad. El artículo recoge resultados de diversas investigaciones sobre las políticas urbanas y habitacionales en áreas urbanas realizadas en las últimas dos décadas. Revista INVI 2020-11-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/xml https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/63351 Revista INVI; Vol. 35 Núm. 100 (2020); 20-37 0718-8358 0718-1299 spa https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/63351/66842 https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/63351/66866 Derechos de autor 2020 Victor Delgadillo |
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This article analyzes the usage of the term urban regeneration in the theory and the practice in Mexico City, which since the 1970s different theoretical, political, and ideological currents have used to address the multidimensional economic, social, physical, and environmental problems of urban decay and deterioration in the existing urban fabric. The article provides evidence that under this conception a polysemy of public actions (non-neutral or depoliticized) and some social initiatives are promoted and applied in dealing with very partially diverse urban problems. The article analyzes experiences of public interventions carried out between 1970 and 2020 in consolidated urban fabrics in Mexico’s capital city, promoted with more or less intensity by social collectives in working-class neighborhoods downtown, the historic center, and self-built quarters in the urban periphery. Beyond the neutral discourse of urban regeneration and alleged comprehensive interventions, in the practice sectoral policies or real estate ventures that, although sometimes converge in a single territory, and are not comprehensive nor coordinated or do not necessarily benefit the majority of society. The article collects the results of various investigations carried out in the last two decades on urban and housing policies in different urban areas. |
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