Is Mexico City Polycentric? A Trip Attraction Capacity Approach

Manuel Suárez and Javier Delgado
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Manuel Suárez: Manuel Suárez is in the Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, México DF, 04510, México, msuarez@igg.unam.mx
Javier Delgado: Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, México DF, 04510, México, jdelgado@igg.unam.mx

Urban Studies, 2009, vol. 46, issue 10, 2187-2211

Abstract: The article explores whether Mexico City is a polycentric metropolis. Building upon previous methodologies, an alternative criterion is proposed for identifying employment centres, using a jobs to working residents ratio, while taking into account economic informality. Although a small set of minor sub-centres is traced, it is found that most jobs are concentrated in a large central agglomeration, with a moderate percentage of jobs concentrated in corridor-like shapes. Within this central agglomeration, are found inner nodes and corridor-like structures that had been identified in previous research as sub-centres. Additionally, economic specialisation is identified with the use of location quotients and the results are compared with those of previous methodologies. It is concluded that Mexico City has a hybrid, although still predominantly monocentric, urban form.

Date: 2009
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