<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper analyses the occupation process of agricultural land with social origin and urban uses in the metropolitan area of the city of Toluca (ZMCT), and the barriers that the population and authorities have to face in order to regularize the settlements. A mixed research method was applied, which included the use of quantitative and qualitative methods, on the basis of a theoretical analysis, to build a methodological research model, which was applied to an empirical case in municipal and metropolitan areas. The analysis of the 14 municipalities that constitute ZMCT shows that the barriers for regularizing settlements in land of social origin are the result of legal/administrative inefficiencies due to the incapability of local city halls to address the collective needs of society.</p></abstract>

The paper analyses the occupation process of agricultural land with social origin and urban uses in the metropolitan area of the city of Toluca (ZMCT), and the barriers that the population and authorities have to face in order to regularize the settlements. A mixed research method was applied, which included the use of quantitative and qualitative methods, on the basis of a theoretical analysis, to build a methodological research model, which was applied to an empirical case in municipal and metropolitan areas. The analysis of the 14 municipalities that constitute ZMCT shows that the barriers for regularizing settlements in land of social origin are the result of legal/administrative inefficiencies due to the incapability of local city halls to address the collective needs of society.

<bold>Limitations of urban</bold> development in land of social origin: the case of the metropolitan area of the city of Toluca (ZMCT)

Professor School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the State of Mexico, Mexico

Vice Principal School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the State of Mexico, Mexico

Director School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the State of Mexico, Mexico

Miscellanea Geographica

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 development in land of social origin: the case of the metropolitan area of the city of Toluca (ZMCT)

The paper analyses the occupation process of agricultural land with social origin and urban uses in the metropolitan area of the city of Toluca (ZMCT), and the...

Limitations of urban development in land of social origin: the case of the metropolitan area of the city of Toluca (ZMCT)

Published Online: Jun 16, 2016

Page range: 19 - 24

Received: Jan 21, 2015

Accepted: Jan 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0008

Keywords
Space, land, urban development, Toluca

© 2016 Pedro Leobardo Jiménez-Sánchez et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Limitations of urban development in land of social origin: the case of the metropolitan area of the city of Toluca (ZMCT)

Published Online: Jun 16, 2016

Page range: 19 - 24

Received: Jan 21, 2015

Accepted: Jan 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0008

KeywordsSpace, land, urban development, Toluca

© 2016 Pedro Leobardo Jiménez-Sánchez et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Space, land, urban development, Toluca