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Public participation mechanisms and sustainable policy-making: a case study analysis of Mexico City's

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  • Valery Madero
  • Nina Morris

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Mexico City has gained an international reputation for its ground-breaking approach to sustainability as a result of policies implemented during the Marcelo Ebrard administration (2006–2012). In this paper, we examine the development and implementation of the Plan Verde de la Ciudad de México (Green Plan), the 15-year policy aimed to transform Mexico City into the most progressive and sustainable city in Latin America. Key to the plan's success, it was claimed, would be the active participation of stakeholders from all levels of society. Drawing on documentary material and interviews, we argue that whilst the plan did have a significant impact on the environmental sustainability of the megacity, it failed to include effective citizen participation mechanisms. As predicted by several members of the Green Plan Monitoring and Assessment Board, this lack of representation, alongside other failures, appears to have facilitated the premature demise of the plan under the new administration.

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  • Valery Madero & Nina Morris, 2016. "Public participation mechanisms and sustainable policy-making: a case study analysis of Mexico City's," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(10), pages 1728-1750, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:59:y:2016:i:10:p:1728-1750
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2015.1085841
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    1. Martine El Ouardi & Françoise Montambeault, 2023. "COLLECTIVELY GARDENING THE URBAN PUBLIC SPACE IN MEXICO CITY: When Informal Practices Interact with the State," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(2), pages 201-220, March.
    2. Oscar Sosa López, 2021. "BICYCLE POLICY IN MEXICO CITY: Urban Experiments and Differentiated Citizenship," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(3), pages 477-497, May.

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