Peripheralization through mass housing urbanization in Hong Kong, Mexico City, and Paris

This article compares how state-initiated mass housing urbanization has contributed to processes of peripheralization in three very different historical and geopolitical settings: in Paris from the 1950s to the 1990s in Hong Kong from the 1950s to 2010s and in Mexico City from the 1990s to the 2010s. We understand mass housing urbanization as...

Site effect affecting a runway in NAICM

In near future the Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México (NAICM) will be built in Mexico City. The airport’s construction is necessary as the Benitto Juarez Internatinal airport has reached its full capacity. The Mexico City area is notorious about its subsoil complexity and earthquake presence. Tunnel Engineer Company (TEC) has...

Strategic integration of public transport networks with airport infrastructure in the megalopolis of Central Mexico: Evolution and challenges

Airports represent the contemporary global gateways of metropolitan areas worldwide. In the case of the megalopolis of Central Mexico, air transport was traditionally used only by upper social segments of the population, however, during the last years, the introduction of low-cost airlines in the country has caused that the amount and economic...

Connecting the megalopolis: Corridors for integrated air and public transport networks in the megalopolis of Mexico.