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Urban Renovation and the Impact Upon Low Income Families in Mexico City

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  • Peter Ward

    (Department of Geography at University College London)

  • Stephen Melligan

    (Department of Geography, Oxford University)

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Seventy-five shantytowns sites of 0.5 hectares and over located in and around the inner-area of Mexico City and selected for eradication in the early 1970s were revisited in 1982. Arguments that sites such as these became prime targets for redevelopment so that land could be freed for more commercial uses were not confirmed. The large majority of sites remain in residential land use and many have improved their physical fabric. Redevelopment, where it occurred, was usually instigated by public sector agencies and not by private commercial agents.

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  • Peter Ward & Stephen Melligan, 1985. "Urban Renovation and the Impact Upon Low Income Families in Mexico City," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 22(3), pages 199-207, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:22:y:1985:i:3:p:199-207
    DOI: 10.1080/00420988520080341
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    1. Peter M. Ward, 1976. "The Squatter Settlement as Slum or Housing Solution: Evidence from Mexico City," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 52(3), pages 330-346.
    2. Peter Ward, 1981. "Political Pressure for Urban Services: The Response of Two Mexico City Administrations," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 12(3), pages 379-407, July.
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