Editing Gentrification (section)

===Mexico City===
{{main|Gentrification of Mexico City}}
Mexico City has been an iconic example of an extensive metropolitan area since the 14th century when it became the largest city in the American continent. Its continuous population growth and concentration of economic and political power boomed in the 1930s when the country's involvement with global markets benefited the national financial industry. Currently the fifth largest city in the world, with a population of 21&nbsp;million inhabitants (17.47% of national population) living in 16 districts and 59 municipalities, the urban area continues to expand receiving 1,100 new residents daily. The division of the city is derived from a strong socially and economically segregated population connected by its interdependence, that manifests into spatial arrangements where luxury areas coexist alongside slums. Its development around a core called "El Zocalo" derives from the historic, cultural and political relevance of a central plaza, as well as its contemporary concentration of economic power, currently housing 80% of all national firms.<ref name="Cities of the Future">{{cite journal |last1=Motavalli |first1=Jim |last2=Divya |first2=Abhat |last3=Dineen |first3=Shauna |last4=Jones |first4=Tamsyn |title=Cities of the Future |journal=The Environmental Magazine |date=September 2005 |id={{ProQuest|228992401}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Salinas Arreortua |first1=Luis |title=Neoliberal urbanism in the sprawl of cities. The case of Mexico City. |journal=Bitácora Urbano Territorial 28 |date=1 January 2018 |issue=1 |pages=117–123 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1994037290/}}</ref><ref name="Selective Modernization of Mexico C">{{cite journal |last1=Delgadillo |first1=Victor |s2cid=147337750 |title=Selective Modernization of Mexico City and Its Historic Center. Gentrification Without Displacement? |journal=Urban Geography |volume=37 |date=16 November 2016 |issue=8 |pages=1154–1174 |doi=10.1080/02723638.2015.1096114 }}</ref>

In recent years, there has been a large uptick in new development in Mexico City, funded by state and private investments.<ref name="Cities of the Future"/> These urban developments have been catered to elite communities mainly because this group economically supports the country (38% of the total national income is produced by the top 10%) and because the government, predominantly led by PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional), has maintained a profit-oriented policy perspective. Thus, these developments have not only led to an increase of population, traffic and pollution due to inefficient urban planning, but have also pushed great amounts of low-income families to the edges of the city and have challenged the safety of the 11.5&nbsp;million people that economically depend on the underground sector.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Justin |title=Learning From Mexico City. |website=[[ProQuest]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1521118324/}}</ref> This issue adds to the already critical condition of 40% of the population living in informal settlements, often without access to sewage network and clean water. The geology of the city, located in a mountain valley, further contributes to unhealthy living conditions, concentrating high levels of air pollution.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Masoumi |first1=Houshmand |last2=Roque |first2=Daniela |title=Evaluation of Urban Sprawl Speed and Intensity Based on International Urbanization. Example from a Mexican City. |journal=Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning |volume=6 |date=1 January 2015 |issue=1 |pages=27 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1701481790/}}</ref>

The reality currently faced by the city is that of a historic rapid urban growth that has been unable to be adequately controlled and planned for, because of a corrupted and economically driven government, as well as a complex society that is strongly segregated. The negative effects of gentrification in Mexico City have been overlooked by the authorities, regarded as an inevitable process and argued to be in some cases nonexistent.<ref name="Selective Modernization of Mexico C"/>  In recent years, however, an array of proposals have been developed as a way to continue the gentrification of the city in a way that integrates and respects the rights of all citizens.