Telling the Story of Cities
In Mexico City, the lack of a regional plan to order economic and social activities has impacted the built environment and spatial geography, allowing for class segregation to prevail across the ZMVM[1] Mexico City region. Population centers, where people live and leisure, are distant from employment centers across the ZMVM, with vast regions of the… Read more The Segundo Piso: A Marxist Approach to Transportation Planning
To the Incoming Planners: Hey and welcome! My name is Mariano and I’m the 2017 – 2018 Chairperson of the Urban Planning Student Association. The Urban Planning Student Association (UPSA) is one of the foremost student groups within the Wagner Planning Program that acts as a liaison between the MUP students, faculty, and program directors… Read more Letter to Incoming 2017 MUP Students
by Mariano Moran Ventura In August 2014, the Corredor Cultural Chapultepec “CCC”[1] project was announced by the local government of Mexico City. It was destined to be one of the biggest urban improvements in the history of Mexico’s capital. Echoing the Highline Park in New York City, the CCC was greeted with enthusiasm as an… Read more Public Participation in the Planning of Developing Countries: Lessons from the Chapultepec Cultural Corridor