From threat to opportunity: Spatial strategies integrating urban and water dynamics towards a sustainable redevelopment model for informal settlements in Mexico City’s periphery

摘要: This thesis tells a story of today, Mexico City, and plan for desirable future the Municipality Valle de Chalco, an informal settlement affected by metropolitan mismanagement water resources. Today uneven developments dominate in City Metropolitan Area, result Neoliberal urbanization process. The current urban reality is unbalanced power relations between city makers that priorities core dwellers are pushed into poverty towards peripheral areas. Those areas not perceived as part therefore experience related problems: flooding lack basic services such safe supply sanitation. policies process had emphasized class polarization citizens. Chalco Solidaridad at south-east periphery fine example marginalized society struggle. Moreover, rapid population growth has led human interventions to affect natural processes contribute growing destruction ecosystems. ecosystems coevolves with development City’s settlement. intersects nature. Until today humans gain expense nature, which moves ineluctably ecological disequilibrium. Current risks fresh scarcity Area facing will increase if denial interaction continues. A once was island complete synergism needs learn how live it again create opportunities from it. win-win situation harmony their environment re-established.