Mexico Urbanization Review : Managing Spatial Growth for Productive and Livable Cities in Mexico.

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary: Managing Spatial Growth for Productive and Livable Cities in Mexico -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene -- High Levels of Urbanization in Mexico -- Urbanization and Socioeconomic Achievements in Mexico -- Remaining Challenge: Distant, Dispersed, and Disconnected Urban Spatial Growth -- Reform Agenda for Urban and Housing Policies -- Objectives and Scope of the Mexico Urbanization Review -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Understanding Economic Performance and Progress toward Shared Prosperity -- Introduction -- Overview of Economic Performance of Mexican Cities -- Evolving Economic Structure of Mexican Cities -- Remaining Challenges in Realizing the Full Economic Potential of Mexican Cities -- Progress and Remaining Challenges to Inclusive Growth in the Urban Sphere -- Recent Spatial Growth and Its Impact on Mexican Cities -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Unlocking the Economic Potentials of Mexican Cities -- Introduction -- Effects of Uncoordinated Urban Growth on Matching Skills to Jobs -- Effects of Uncoordinated Urban Growth on Sorting Economic Activities in Space -- Missing Benefits from Agglomeration Economies in Mexican Cities -- Infrastructure Provision and Metropolitan Coordination to Spur Economic Performance -- Activating Metropolitan Clusters Inside Regional Networks and "Systems of Cities" -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Moving toward More Livable and Inclusive Mexican Cities -- Introduction -- Persistent Inequality in Basic Services within Cities -- Uncoordinated Urban Expansion and Its Effects on Fostering Inclusive Growth and Livability -- Effects of Spatial Growth on Commuting, the Environment, and Health -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Policy Messages and Recommendations -- Summary of Policy Options.

Reframing the Policy Lens for Productive and Inclusive Urban Growth -- Planning for Productive and Livable Mexican Cities -- Connecting Institutions-Coordination to Unlock Cities' Potentials for Growth and Livability -- Financing for Well-Connected, Prosperous, and Livable Cities -- Note -- References -- Appendix A Glossary of Urban and Housing Sectors in Mexico -- Appendix B Methodology for Analyzing Urban Spatial Structure -- Scope and Data of Analysis -- Trends in Overall Population Densities in Mexican Cities -- Differences in the Methodology to Calculate Population Density -- Measuring Spatial Form -- References -- Appendix C Methodology for Case Study of Guadalajara Metropolitan Area -- Introduction -- Definitions and Variables -- Detailed Methodology and Results of Analysis -- Note -- Reference -- Boxes -- Box ES.1 Mexico Has a Consolidated System of Cities that Is Fairly Balanced across Urban Agglomeration of All Sizes -- Box 1.1 Housing Policies in Mexico -- Box 1.2 The National Urban System and Classification of City Types -- Box 1.3 What Is an Urbanization Review? -- Box 1.4 Locating "Peri-Urban" Areas -- Box 2.1 Economic Activity and Regional Dynamics: One Input for a Differentiated Policy Lens -- Box 2.2 Poverty Measures Used in Mexico -- Box 3.1 Urban Regeneration: Advantages, Bottlenecks, and International Practices -- Box 3.2 Reducing Overcrowding, Supplying Housing in Large-Scale Developments, and Creating Sustainable Cities through Subcenters: The Case of New Towns in the Republic of Korea -- Box 3.3 Metropolitan Coordination and Governance in Mexico -- Box 3.4 Enforcing Cycles of Productivity Growth and Metropolitan Coordination in Monterrey -- Box 3.5 Stagnancy and Isolation in Oaxaca: Not Just Human Capital, but Connectivity and Missing Coordination -- Box 4.1 Urban Sprawl and Its Consequences in Oaxaca.

Box 4.2 Urban Expansion in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area -- Box 4.3 Comparing Urban Sprawl in Mexico and the United States -- Figures -- Figure ES.1 Population and Job Density by Distance to City Center, Monterrey -- Figure 1.1 Population Growth and Urbanization in Mexico since 1900 -- Figure 2.1 Contribution to Economic Production (Gross Value Added) by City Size -- Figure 2.2 Correlation between City Size and Productivity in Mexico -- Figure 2.3 Contribution to Overall GVA Produced in Cities with More Than 100,000 Inhabitants by Region, 1990 and 2010 -- Figure 2.4 Economic Composition of Mexican Cities by City Size, 1990 and 2010 -- Figure 2.5 Sectoral Specialization and Diversity by City Size, 1990 and 2010 -- Figure 2.6 Productivity Growth per Capita, 1960-2005 -- Figure 2.7 Household Labor Income and Food Poverty by City Size, 1990 and 2010 -- Figure 2.8 Extreme Poverty and Food Access Deficit by City Size and Region, 2010 -- Figure 2.9 Gini Coefficient by City Size Type and Region, 1990 and 2010 -- Figure 2.10 Human Development Index by City Size and Region, 1995 and 2005 -- Figure 2.11 Education Attainment by City Size, 1990 and 2010 -- Figure 3.1 Shifting Population Densities in Queretaro, 1990-2010 -- Figure 3.2 Population and Job Density by Distance to City Center, Monterrey, 1990 and 2010 -- Figure 3.3 Composition of the Manufacturing Sector by City Size, 2000 and 2010 -- Figure 3.4 Composition of the Service Sector by City Size, 2000 and 2010 -- Figure 3.5 Population Centralization and Service Sector Productivity, 1990 and 2010 -- Figure 3.6 Population Density and Manufacturing Productivity -- Figure 3.7 Comparison of Cost for Infrastructure Provision and Maintenance for Different Projected Urban Expansion Scenarios for Los Cabos.

Figure 3.8 Comparison of Infrastructure Costs for Different Projected Urban Expansion Scenarios for Merida -- Figure 3.9 Different Levels of Labor Productivity and Productivity Growth in Monterrey and Oaxaca, 1990-2010 -- Figure B3.4.1 High Value-Added Manufacturing and Expansion in Monterrey, 2000 and 2010 -- Figure 4.1 Water and Sewerage Coverage by City Size, 1990 and 2010 -- Figure 4.2 Median Housing Assessment Values by Geographical Location in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, 2008-13 -- Figure 4.3 Commuting by City Size, 2009 -- Figure 4.4 Number of Cars per Capita by City Size, 1990 and 2013 -- Figure B.1 Population Density Comparison, Selected Cities with Tlaxcala-Apizaco and Orizaba -- Figure B.2 Population Density Gradient Comparison, Selected Cities with Cuernavaca and Zitácuaro -- Figure B.3 Population Density by Distance to City Center for Aguascalientes and Leon, 1990-2010 -- Figure B.4 Jobs by Distance to City Center for Aguascalientes and León, 2000-10 -- Figure B.5 Centrality Index Comparison, Selected Cities with Minatitlán and Uruapan -- Figure B.6 Proximity Index Comparison, Selected Cities with Acapulco and Navojoa -- Figure B.7 Clustering Index Comparison, Selected Cities with Queretaro and Zacatecas-Guadalupe -- Maps -- Map BES.1.1 System of Cities in Mexico -- Map ES.1 Distribution of Population in Monterrey, 2010 -- Map ES.2 Distribution of Jobs in Monterrey, 2010 -- Map ES.3 Access to Infrastructure and Quality of Services in Guadalajara, 2000 -- Map 1.1 Mexican Cities by Population Size -- Map 1.2 Categorization of Mexican Cities by Geographical Location -- Map 3.1 Housing Vacancy Rates in the Mérida Metropolitan Area -- Map 3.2 Distribution of Population in Monterrey, 2010 -- Map 3.3 Distribution of Jobs in Monterrey, 2010.

Map 3.4 Local Indicators of Spatial Association (LISA) Cluster Maps for Productivity, 1999 and 2009 -- Map 4.1 Infrastructure Access in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, 2000 -- Map B4.2.1 Urban Expansion in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, 2000-10 -- Map 4.2 Primary Road Network and BRT/LRT Lines in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area -- Map 4.3 Housing Vacancy Rates in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, 2010 -- Map 4.4 Air Quality Index, 2000 and 2013 -- Map B.1 The Municipality and Urban Area of Aguascalientes -- Map B.2 Maps Identifying the Equal Area Circles of Aguascalientes and Acapulco -- Map C.1 Urban AGEBs by Region in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area -- Map C.2 Localities by Region in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area -- Map C.3 Postal Codes by Region in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area -- Tables -- Table 1.1 Distribution of Cities by Population Size in Mexico -- Table 1.2 Geographic Distribution of Cities in Mexico -- Table 1.3 Average Measures of Urban Spatial Structure by City Size, 2010 -- Table 1.4 Average Measures of Urban Spatial Structure by Region, 2010 -- Table 1.5 Correlations between Measures of Urban Spatial Structure, 2010 -- Table 3.1 Share of Vacant Housing in the Inner City and Peri-Urban Areas of the 100 Largest Cities in Mexico -- Table 3.2 Public Works Spending per Capita and Growth for Municipalities in Metropolitan Zones -- Table B3.3.1 Metropolitan Coordination Mechanisms in Mexico -- Table 4.1 Minimum and Maximum Distance to Nearest BRT Station in Guadalajara, 2008 and 2010 -- Table 4.2 Comparison of Costs for the Consumer for Inner-City and Peri-Urban Housing Models -- Table 4.3 Comparison of Costs for the Government for Inner City and Peri-Urban Housing Models -- Table 4.4 Air Quality by Region, 2000 and 2013 -- Table 5.1 Policy Options Summary.

Table B.1 Average Population Densities from 1990 to 2010 by City Size and Region.

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