Martha Schteingart is a professor-researcher at the Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies, CEDUA, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City. Luis Jaime Sobrino is a professor-researcher at the Center for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies, CEDUA, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City. Vincente Ugalde is a professor-researcher at the Center for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies, CEDUA, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City.

• Introduction: Mexico City as a Latin American megacity1. Describing demographic change2. Economic restructuring under globalisation3. Links between housing, mobility, and transport4. Territorial inequalities and segregation5. Political change and the provision of public services6. Environmental issues and natural risks7. The city in search of an institutional solutionConclusion: challenges and life opportunities in a megacity

Martha Schteingart is a professor-researcher at the Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies, CEDUA, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City. Luis Jaime Sobrino is a professor-researcher at the Center for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies, CEDUA, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City. Vincente Ugalde is a professor-researcher at the Center for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies, CEDUA, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City.

• Introduction: Mexico City as a Latin American megacity1. Describing demographic change2. Economic restructuring under globalisation3. Links between housing, mobility, and transport4. Territorial inequalities and segregation5. Political change and the provision of public services6. Environmental issues and natural risks7. The city in search of an institutional solutionConclusion: challenges and life opportunities in a megacity

Martha Schteingart is a professor-researcher at the Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies, CEDUA, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City. Luis Jaime Sobrino is a professor-researcher at the Center for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies, CEDUA, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City. Vincente Ugalde is a professor-researcher at the Center for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies, CEDUA, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City.

• Introduction: Mexico City as a Latin American megacity1. Describing demographic change2. Economic restructuring under globalisation3. Links between housing, mobility, and transport4. Territorial inequalities and segregation5. Political change and the provision of public services6. Environmental issues and natural risks7. The city in search of an institutional solutionConclusion: challenges and life opportunities in a megacity