Flexibility of urban planning instruments. A reflection of the transition process of urban planning in Mexico

Abstract

This article characterizes the transition process of urban planning in Mexico from the comparison of zoning with other urban planning instruments, such as: transfer of potentiality, action polygons and action systems. To this end, a detailed study of the regulatory framework and operating programs is carried out, as well as interviews with officials of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (SEDUVI) and interviews with real estate investment advisors who operate in Mexico City. The deregulation of the urban planning, intensified since 2015, has sought to move away from its dependence on the trajectory and to make more flexible the urban planning instruments so that, through specific projects in areas and polygons of the city, it is possible to increase the capture of Differential Primary Rents type 2 and Monopoly Rents of Segregation.