With the intention of influencing planning and decision-making that contribute to improving people's quality of urban life, Tecnológico de Monterrey, through the School of Architecture, Art and Design, created the Observatory of Cities.

The space seeks to offer useful information for the analysis, measurement and evaluation of Mexican cities. The platform they use analyzes and compares different cities, integrating existing databases and generating their own information, to understand the conditions in the territory that determine the quality of urban life.

The observatory defined three strategic approaches for this work: proximity cities (15-minute cities); healthy cities; and supply chains.

The first approach, proximity cities, is based on a study that was carried out in 13 Mexican cities in the context of the pandemic, such as Mexico City, Guadalajara, Querétaro and Monterrey.

Through an algorithm, the urban structure is recognized by identifying the average distance that a person must travel from home to access basic services. The so-called proximity index makes it possible to evaluate the diversity of uses of a city.

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Through the preparation of hexagons throughout the city with different colors, the areas that do not have that 15-minute coverage are identified. It is in these spaces where governments could make investments in equipment.

The development of proximity cities can improve the quality of life of people, since they spend more time with their families or in satisfactory activities, in addition, by concentrating on a space they affect the environment less.

The second focus on healthy cities is where people can spend their entire life cycle in the environment they inhabit, as they are friendlier cities and allow the full development of their inhabitants.

Walking, going to schools, work and using health spaces allow non-motorized movement, which affects air quality. These cities have all the infrastructure that allows people to satisfy all their needs and find well-being, such as parks, sidewalks, markets, bicycle lanes, sports and cultural spaces.

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The mixed or multiple uses that Mexican developers are building support this goal of achieving a better quality of life.

The third approach addresses supply chains that help meet the needs of people in cities. The pandemic forced supply chains to be affected by border closures, mainly those that bring supplies from abroad, so cities had to seek local resources.

One option proposed is to map the entrances and exits of these chains in the cities, which represent the supply of food, clothing, products and services.

Linking how food is produced and how it reaches people allows the design of shorter chains that underpin local development.

Another important advantage of supply chains is that they allow you to recognize the areas around a city, such as agricultural and industrial zones.

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