Urban Sprawl and Socio-Spatial Inequality in Mexico’s Largest Cities: Implications for a Sustainable Urban Landscape

In the context of Latin American urbanization, Mexico’s five largest metropolitan areas—Tijuana, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla-Tlaxcala, and León—exhibit sprawling growth patterns characterized by low-density expansion, peripheral development, and increasing fragmentation of the urban landscape [...]

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2025-11-26
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https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2025131050
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Urban Sprawl and Socio-Spatial Inequality in Mexico’s Largest Cities: Implications for a Sustainable Urban Landscape

José Sergio Palencia Jiménez, Eric Gielen, Reynaldo Hinojosa-Contreras
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
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Urban Sprawl and Socio-Spatial Inequality in Mexico’s Largest Cities: Implications for a Sustainable Urban Landscape

José Sergio Palencia Jiménez, Eric Gielen, Reynaldo Hinojosa-Contreras
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In the context of Latin American urbanization, Mexico’s five largest metropolitan areas—Tijuana, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla-Tlaxcala, and León—exhibit sprawling growth patterns characterized by low-density expansion, peripheral development, and increasing fragmentation of the urban landscape [...]

Universitat Politècnica de València (ES)
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Land Use and Ecosystem Services
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Urban Sprawl and Socio-Spatial Inequality in Mexico’s Largest Cities: Implications for a Sustainable Urban Landscape — José Sergio Palencia Jiménez, Eric Gielen, et al. · (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS