The Dispersed Urban Expansion and Its Relationship with Real Estate Dynamics in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco

  • Héctor Hernández García Universidad de Guadalajara
  • Myriam Guadalupe Colmenares López Universidad de Guadalajara

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to present an exploratory analysis on the relationship between the dispersed urban expansion started in 1990 and consolidated in 2015 in the metropolitan and peripheral municipality of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, and the actions of real estate developers, specifically the construction of residential complexes that restructured the municipality socio-spatially. The methodological strategy includes the performance of three phases of analysis, where both quantitative (statistical and cartographic) and qualitative (interviews) methods and techniques are used. The subdivisions settled in the southeastern portion of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga were promoted by real estate actors with the intention of taking advantage of the land price; in the end, however, they generated spaces that were far away in time and distance from administrative and service centers. In addition, they configured irregular forms of subdivisions with long internal urban lines that exacerbate the virtuous circle of devaluation of land and housing, which has made it difficult to provide transport and water services and caused patterns of segregation and social exclusion.
Published
2020-07-22