Mexico City Book

	Preface and introduction to the second edition (1997)
	Preface to the first edition (1990)
	Acknowledgements
1	The Paradox of Dominance yet Dependence: the Local in the National in the Global	1
	Cities within a global system	1
	From boom to bust and back again: Mexico's recent economic rollercoaster	5
	Mexico City's changing economic structure	24
	Decentralization: attempts to redress Mexico City's predominance	36
2	Urban Growth and the Appropriation of Space: from Plaza to Suburb to Megacity	41
	Introduction: the growth of La region mas transparente	41
	National demography and urban growth: Mexico City in perspective	43
	Housing markets and intra-urban mobility	60
	The appropriation of space in the metropolitan area	71
	The inner-city 'problem' in Mexico City	78
3	The Politics of City Management: Defending the High Ground of Mexico's Federal District	87
	The national political structure: who governs in Mexico?	89
	Government without democracy in Mexico City: defending the high ground	105
	Conclusion: change to effect no change	129
4	Urban Land Use and Transportation	133
	Urban land use and access to 'satisfiers'	133
	Land use and access in Mexico City	134
	Mexico City's transportation system	145
5	Planning in Mexico City: Decorative or Indicative?	159
	The structural impediments to physical planning	161
	Planning initiatives in the metropolitan area	168
	The status and authority of Mexico City's planning department, 1970-1990	176
	Conclusion: planning for whose interest?	183
6	The Reproduction of Social Inequality: Access to Land, Services and Health Care in Mexico City	187
	The housing and service provision bureaucracy in Mexico City	188
	Reproducing social inequality through political mediation: access to land for illegal housing development in Mexico City	194
	Reproducing social inequality through stratified delivery systems: health care in Mexico City	206
	Reproducing social inequality through state-community interaction	218
	The paradox: improving or worsening social inequality in Mexico City?	225
7	The Reproduction of the Urban Form: Modern, 'Vernacular' and Post-modern Environments in Mexico City	231
	The relationship between urban form and social process	231
	Vernacular architecture rules OK?	238
	The creation of inequality through earthquake reconstruction	248
	Reproducing the city: modern an post-modern architecture	249
8	Mexico City: a Conclusion or an Epitaph?	279
	Notes	285
	List of abbreviations	287
	List of figures	291
	List of tables	293
	References	295
	Bibliography	319
	Index	323