The new city planning of joined municipalities: case of the 23rd Metropolitan Zone in Jalisco, Mexico

Abstract

The consolidation of the public schedule of intermunicipalities in Mexico demands the dialogue on the proposals for the construction of cities based on cooperation and the pursuit of middle grounds. The article is the result of case studies on the 23rd Metropolitan Zone, constituted of the municipalities of Ocotlan, Jamay and Poncitlan which circumscribe Jalisco’s Cienega region.
The cities and their metamorphosis facilitate the understanding -historical sequential- of the importance of the municipal presidents’ decisions starting from the common parliamentary structures.
The qualitative methodology implemented across the case analysis, enunciatively concludes with six costs that have to be considered to make the job of the Planning Metropolitan Institute of steering and harmonizing the work of the municipalities. Respecting the sovereignty
of each one of them.