Informal settlements' needs and environmental conservation in Mexico City: An unsolved challenge for land-use policy

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-662

  Aguilar, Adrian Guillermo ^a   Santos, Clemencia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Informal settlements; Land use policy; Mexico City; Peripheral urbanization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERIURBAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 79957901427     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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