Informal Settlements in the Age of Digital Cartography: Insights from Mexico City

Connolly, Priscilla

doi:10.1111/blar.12991

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“…That said, the ‘significance of informality in cities of the Global South is not under debate’ (Boudreau and Davis, 2017: 155). We use ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ to refer to landscapes resulting from processes that can be summarized as ‘obtain planning permission; subdivide land; obtain building licence; put in services; build dwelling – sell or rent – occupy’ or as ‘occupy first and all the rest later’, respectively (Connolly, 2020: 125). We make no assumptions about how far ‘formal’ production complies with planning regulations.…”

Section: Neoliberalism and (In)formalitymentioning

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“…The intertwining of formal and informal goes beyond use of the law to provide a veneer of legitimacy. An expansion of informal settlement in ejidos has been observed in areas with large amounts of new social housing (Connolly, 2020: 134). Our evidence suggests that conjuntos on ejido land, in particular, may also promote informal development.…”

Section: Interconnected Processesmentioning

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THE IMPACT OF MEXICO’SLAND REFORM ON PERIURBAN HOUSING PRODUCTION: Neoliberal or Neocorporatist?

Varley¹,

Salazar²

2021

Int J Urban Regional Res

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Changes to Mexico's Constitution in the 1990s marked the end of agrarian reform and the Revolutionary land regime which had allowed beneficiaries to work but not to sell their land. New legislation allowed individual parcels of ejido land to be converted into private property. Many observers link this 'privatization' with a transformation of the periurban landscape resulting from private developers' construction of mass 'social housing' developments: a classic example of neoliberal urbanism. We examine evidence for the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, finding that, although some developments do occupy former ejido land, developers mostly prefer private property, including former haciendas. Private sector interests are wary of the ejido for reasons that stem from its place in the corporatist political system that characterized twentieth-century Mexico, and the patchwork of privatized individual parcels clashes with developers' land acquisition strategies. Ejidatarios often prefer to retain control over their land, selling plots piecemeal. Our findings demonstrate the continuing significance of urban informality--on a scale that exceeds the development of ejido land for formal housing--and the intertwining of formal and informal. We interpret these interrelated processes of housing production as legacies of corporatism, underlining the significance of political influences on Latin American neoliberalism. 'Social (interest) housing' costs at most 118 times the monthly minimum salary. Repayments cannot exceed 30% of household income (Janoschka and Salinas, 2017). 4RAN-SIG still maps privatized parcels within the ejido boundaries. When distinguishing private from ejido property, we refer to land that has never belonged to an ejido.

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Section: Neoliberalism and (In)formalitymentioning

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Section: Interconnected Processesmentioning

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THE IMPACT OF MEXICO’SLAND REFORM ON PERIURBAN HOUSING PRODUCTION: Neoliberal or Neocorporatist?

Varley¹,

Salazar²

2021

Int J Urban Regional Res

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“…Enfin, elle dépend beaucoup du degré d'achèvement de la fabrique urbaine à l'intérieur de l'agglomération. Les quartiers populaires, qui représentaient 62 % du parc de logements en 2010 (Connolly, 2019), n'ont souvent pas été dotés de trottoirs par les pouvoirs publics, qu'il s'agisse des villages d'origine préhispanique aux rues étroites et au tracé irrégulier (pueblos) ou des quartiers d'auto-construction. Nous verrons que les riverains pallient parfois cette situation en construisant informellement des trottoirs devant chez eux.…”

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Trottoir : les multiples facettes d’un espace public de loisirs. Le cas de Mexico

Caprón¹,

Monnet²

2022

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Mapping informal/formal morphologies over time: Exploring urban transformations in Vietnam

Thinh,

Kamalipour

2024

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Informal Settlements in the Age of Digital Cartography: Insights from Mexico City

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

THE IMPACT OF MEXICO’SLAND REFORM ON PERIURBAN HOUSING PRODUCTION: Neoliberal or Neocorporatist?

THE IMPACT OF MEXICO’SLAND REFORM ON PERIURBAN HOUSING PRODUCTION: Neoliberal or Neocorporatist?

Trottoir : les multiples facettes d’un espace public de loisirs. Le cas de Mexico

Mapping informal/formal morphologies over time: Exploring urban transformations in Vietnam

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