Análisis morfológico del tejido urbano fundacional de Mexicali: hacia una planeación conjunta

Abstract

Mexicali has three interconnected zones, adjoining the border between Mexico and the United States.Although different from each other, they share certain characteristics and urban problems; together, they constitute a potential urban threshold and demand a simultaneous recovery work. They arethe area of the New River, the neighborhood of Pueblo Nuevo and the Old Town.The aim of the work is to analyze the morphological conditions that demand that this pioneerurban fabric be addressed by planning based on a rigorously integratedstrategy, avoiding its analysis as isolated areas and understanding it as an urban transect. The methodology is part of a disciplinary intersection between urban sociology, cultural studies and urban history. Thus, the morphological analysis that is proposed includes the study of the landscape through its cultural elements, its urban functions and its historical transformation.