Abstract

ESPINOSA-CASTILLO, Maribel. Processes and agents in the conformation of the urban land in the former Texcoco Lake. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2008, vol.8, n.27, pp.769-798. ISSN 2448-6183.

The Texcoco Lake has been the object of a number of actions that have caused its desiccation. From Colonial times, near its surroundings, there has been a number of works such as drainage setting, area delimitation and fractioning as well clandestine sells and purchases which eventually have made the land suitable for conurbation with Mexico City. In this process a number of economic, political and social agents intervened in such a way that the desiccation and change in the usage of land (from rural to urban) can be explained as socially induced. In this paper we study the transformation of the Texcoco Lake into the most densely populated urban area in Mexico City from a geographical, social and historical perspective.

Keywords : Texcoco Lake; Ecatepec; Nezahualcoyotl; urbanisation; social construction.