Assessment of the multidimensional urban sustainability of the Puebla-Tlaxcala Metropolitan Area, Mexico

Abstract

The accelerated urbanization process is an unprecedented phenomenon that has resulted in new urban configurations and various environmental problems, whether due to accelerated land consumption or the demand for natural resources. Due to the challenges faced by cities and their different dimensions of analysis, it is essential to study them from the approach of sustainable development with a multidimensional perspective. With this perspective, the Multidimensional Urban Sustainability of the Puebla-Tlaxcala Metropolitan Area was evaluated through the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative Methodological Guide (ICES), by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The Urban Sustainability Index in Metropolitan Zones (ISUZM) was calculated not with the traffic light technique indicated in the guide but with the Multivariate Analysis technique, in particular with the Principal Component Analysis method, and the Exploratory Analysis of Spatial Dice (AEDE) technique was