The Concept Of Housing And The Idea Of Participatory Planning
Elin-Anne Gunleiksrud.
Overview
As Mexico City is one of the worlds biggest city working in a NGO (non-governmental organization) gives the opportunity to understand more than what is only visible through the eyes. Travelling by bus in the residential areas outside the city’s historical centre is a way to experience some of the diversity and contrasts of this densely populated city. There are gated communities consisting of whole neighbourhoods under strict surveillance, and not far away there are low-income neighbourhoods where the so-called popular classes live. Even though the social distances are enormous, very often the geographical are not
