Gender into Urban Climate Change Initiative

Status Quo of Pilot Cities – Mexico

Mexico City occupies a territorial extension of 1,494.6 km2 equivalent to 0.1% of the national territory. In spatial terms, this means that it is a small city in comparison with others in the country; however, due to the growing urban expansion, evidenced by the number of urban localities with respect to rural ones (95%) (INEGI, 2017), it is impossible to talk about the city without considering that its territory is integrated into a larger urban area, the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico (ZMVM by its Spanish acronym). 6

CDMX is characterized by its diversity of urban landscapes, where cosmopolitan spaces and extreme poverty neighborhoods can converge. This city is home to around 8.9 million people, most of whom live in areas considered urban, with a density of 5,967.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The ratio of men to women is 90.2 men for every 100 women, which means that 52.6% of the inhabitants of the CDMX are women (INEGI, 2015). However, as mentioned above, it is important to emphasize that this population converges in the dynamics of the entire Metropolitan Zone, which in total houses 21.4 million inhabitants.

3.2. Socioeconomic factors

As for the characteristics of the economic dynamics, due to the character of capital of the country, economic activities with important spills converge in its territory; in fact, it is the national financial center and it is here where the producer services firms that characterize global cities are located. CDMX contributes 16.8% of the national gross domestic product (INEGI, 2017).

In the CDMX, the most important sectors according to their contribution to the State's GDP are the tertiary (90%) and the secondary (almost 10%) sectors. As secondary sector activities, the manufacturing industry stands out, with a percentage contribution of 5.4% (the food industry, which alone contributes 2%), and construction, with a contribution of 4.4%. In the tertiary sector, the contribution of financial services and insurance is 10.6% and wholesale trade, 10.4%, so we can say that these are the most important economic activities in this city (INEGI, 2019). The economic units

6 According to the Ministry of Social Development, National Population Council, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (2012) a metropolitan area is the set of two or more municipalities where a city of 50 thousand or more inhabitants is located, whose urban area, functions and activities exceed the limit of the municipality that originally contained it, incorporating as part of itself neighboring municipalities, predominantly urban, with which it maintains a high degree of socio-economic integration. The MCMA is made up of 16 mayoralties of Mexico City, 59 municipalities of the State of Mexico and 1 municipality of the State of Hidalgo.