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Promoting resilient compact, inclusive and carbon-neutral cities will increase the population's living standards, boost economic development, tackle social inequality and the climate crisis, objectives established in the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
For various urban specialists, creating sustainable cities will bring political dividends in the short term and national prosperity in the long term. It is an opportunity that cannot be missed, taking into consideration that only 200 Mexican cities have organized urban growth plans.
Oscar Huerta, political advisor to the Center for Chile Mobile Number List Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), commented that the sustainable development of cities requires a balance between economic growth, social development and prevention of climate change.
He denounced that Mexico does not work in synergy in these three elements, and as an example he cited private companies in the real estate sector that build homes far from urban centers, betting only on economic growth and forgetting the social and environmental aspects.
He explained that real estate companies are co-responsible for the poor application of Mexican urban policy that generates poverty, overcrowding, lack of mobility and social segregation.
“Companies are responsible for only seeking lucrative profit, buying cheap land to sell expensive homes that are built without connection to basic services, far from transportation and without access to established commerce.
This lack of Mexican urban planning has produced 6 million abandoned, inaccessible homes without basic services, while the population has a demand for 6 million homes with access to basic services.
It is estimated that more than 50% of urban growth in Mexico occurs informally and illegally, according to the Royal Institute British Architects.
He added that "the government must provide incentives to the private sector to build housing focused on all population sectors with constructions that promote urban regeneration for all socioeconomic levels."
Carina Arvizu, undersecretary of the Secretariat of Urban and Territorial Development (Sedatu), explained that the National Housing Program and the Sectoral Program for Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development 2019-2024 will require responsible participation from the private initiative, since the real estate and construction sectors are among the largest employers of people and mobilize many economic resources.
Federal plans need work synergies with the business sector, since the country requires 6 million housing actions, of which 30% will be new and 70% are homes that need some degree of remodeling.
He explained that housing should not only be analyzed with an economic approach, but with a social and environmental perspective, in accordance with OECD urban policies.
72.3% of Mexicans live in 384 cities and population growth in the urban peripheries is growing four times faster than in the center of the metropolises, causing lack of access to basic services, overcrowding and poverty.
Greenpeace Mexico carried out a measurement of the presence of air pollutants in Puebla, Pachuca, Toluca, Querétaro, Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico City, resulting in that only the capital of Guadalajara did not exceed the maximum limits of pollutants established in the official Mexican environmental health standards.
What should cities bet on?
The study presented highlights that the global investment required to reduce urban CO2 emissions would be 1.83 trillion dollars (about 2% of global GDP) per year, but would represent annual savings of 2.80 trillion dollars by 2030 and 6.98 trillions of dollars by 2050.
The set of low-carbon measures identified in this report represent a $23.9 trillion opportunity; Adopting these actions is also equivalent to creating 87 million jobs by 2030 in primary sectors of the economy and 45 million jobs in the transportation sector by 2050.
For various urban specialists, creating sustainable cities will bring political dividends in the short term and national prosperity in the long term. It is an opportunity that cannot be missed, taking into consideration that only 200 Mexican cities have organized urban growth plans.
Oscar Huerta, political advisor to the Center for Chile Mobile Number List Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), commented that the sustainable development of cities requires a balance between economic growth, social development and prevention of climate change.
He denounced that Mexico does not work in synergy in these three elements, and as an example he cited private companies in the real estate sector that build homes far from urban centers, betting only on economic growth and forgetting the social and environmental aspects.
He explained that real estate companies are co-responsible for the poor application of Mexican urban policy that generates poverty, overcrowding, lack of mobility and social segregation.
“Companies are responsible for only seeking lucrative profit, buying cheap land to sell expensive homes that are built without connection to basic services, far from transportation and without access to established commerce.
This lack of Mexican urban planning has produced 6 million abandoned, inaccessible homes without basic services, while the population has a demand for 6 million homes with access to basic services.
It is estimated that more than 50% of urban growth in Mexico occurs informally and illegally, according to the Royal Institute British Architects.
He added that "the government must provide incentives to the private sector to build housing focused on all population sectors with constructions that promote urban regeneration for all socioeconomic levels."
Carina Arvizu, undersecretary of the Secretariat of Urban and Territorial Development (Sedatu), explained that the National Housing Program and the Sectoral Program for Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development 2019-2024 will require responsible participation from the private initiative, since the real estate and construction sectors are among the largest employers of people and mobilize many economic resources.
Federal plans need work synergies with the business sector, since the country requires 6 million housing actions, of which 30% will be new and 70% are homes that need some degree of remodeling.
He explained that housing should not only be analyzed with an economic approach, but with a social and environmental perspective, in accordance with OECD urban policies.
72.3% of Mexicans live in 384 cities and population growth in the urban peripheries is growing four times faster than in the center of the metropolises, causing lack of access to basic services, overcrowding and poverty.
Greenpeace Mexico carried out a measurement of the presence of air pollutants in Puebla, Pachuca, Toluca, Querétaro, Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico City, resulting in that only the capital of Guadalajara did not exceed the maximum limits of pollutants established in the official Mexican environmental health standards.
What should cities bet on?
The study presented highlights that the global investment required to reduce urban CO2 emissions would be 1.83 trillion dollars (about 2% of global GDP) per year, but would represent annual savings of 2.80 trillion dollars by 2030 and 6.98 trillions of dollars by 2050.
The set of low-carbon measures identified in this report represent a $23.9 trillion opportunity; Adopting these actions is also equivalent to creating 87 million jobs by 2030 in primary sectors of the economy and 45 million jobs in the transportation sector by 2050.