This thesis investigates the structural challenges and opportunities for reform in Mexico’s social housing system through a dual-level comparative analysis with four European countries: Italy, France, the Netherlands, and Austria. Framed around four core gaps—housing quality, affordability, peripheral development, and financial sustainability—the research adopts a mixed-methods approach combining strategic benchmarking and operative project analysis. At the strategic level, key national housing indicators and policy frameworks are compared through performance data, literature review, and a consolidated SWOT analysis. At the operative level, 20 European case studies are analyzed to uncover project level innovations in design, financing, governance, and urban integration. The findings demonstrate that Mexico’s housing policy remains heavily production-driven, often disconnected from spatial, financial, and social sustainability goals. In contrast, the selected European countries offer a more integrated vision of housing, linking affordability and accessibility with community resilience, environmental standards, and lifecycle-based planning. Through the comparative framework, the study identifies a repertoire of transferable practice —such as co- housing models, adaptive reuse, participatory governance, and supportive rental systems—that could inspire reform in the Mexican context. The thesis concludes with strategic and operative recommendations aimed at redefining social housing as a multidimensional platform for equitable urban development.
Questa tesi indaga le sfide strutturali e le opportunità di riforma del sistema di edilizia sociale in Messico attraverso un'analisi comparativa a doppio livello con quattro paesi europei: Italia, Francia, Paesi Bassi e Austria. Incentrata su quattro carenze principali — qualità dell’abitazione, accessibilità economica, sviluppo periferico e sostenibilità finanziaria — la ricerca adotta un approccio metodologico misto che combina benchmarking strategico e analisi operativa di progetti. A livello strategico, gli indicatori nazionali chiave sull’edilizia abitativa e i quadri normativi vengono confrontati tramite dati di performance, revisione della letteratura e un'analisi SWOT consolidata. A livello operativo, vengono analizzati 20 casi studio europei per individuare innovazioni progettuali in termini di design, finanziamento, governance e integrazione urbana. I risultati dimostrano che la politica abitativa in Messico rimane fortemente orientata alla produzione, spesso scollegata dagli obiettivi di sostenibilità spaziale, finanziaria e sociale. Al contrario, i paesi europei selezionati offrono una visione più integrata dell’edilizia abitativa, collegando accessibilità economica e fisica con la resilienza comunitaria, gli standard ambientali e una pianificazione basata sul ciclo di vita. Attraverso il quadro comparativo, lo studio identifica un repertorio di pratiche trasferibili — come modelli di co-housing, riuso adattivo, governance partecipativa e sistemi di locazione assistita — che potrebbero ispirare una riforma nel contesto messicano. La tesi si conclude con raccomandazioni strategiche e operative volte a ridefinire l’edilizia sociale come una piattaforma multidimensionale per uno sviluppo urbano equo.
Comparative perspectives on social housing: strategic systems and operative practices from Europe to Mexico
Silva Perez, Olmo Francisco Herman;Garcia Chavez, Cosme Jobias
2024/2025
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This thesis investigates the structural challenges and opportunities for reform in Mexico’s social housing system through a dual-level comparative analysis with four European countries: Italy, France, the Netherlands, and Austria. Framed around four core gaps—housing quality, affordability, peripheral development, and financial sustainability—the research adopts a mixed-methods approach combining strategic benchmarking and operative project analysis. At the strategic level, key national housing indicators and policy frameworks are compared through performance data, literature review, and a consolidated SWOT analysis. At the operative level, 20 European case studies are analyzed to uncover project level innovations in design, financing, governance, and urban integration. The findings demonstrate that Mexico’s housing policy remains heavily production-driven, often disconnected from spatial, financial, and social sustainability goals. In contrast, the selected European countries offer a more integrated vision of housing, linking affordability and accessibility with community resilience, environmental standards, and lifecycle-based planning. Through the comparative framework, the study identifies a repertoire of transferable practice —such as co- housing models, adaptive reuse, participatory governance, and supportive rental systems—that could inspire reform in the Mexican context. The thesis concludes with strategic and operative recommendations aimed at redefining social housing as a multidimensional platform for equitable urban development.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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