Urban infrastructure cannot be taken as the only target for urban development programmes, but rather as an instrument for achieving more significant, and inclusive, urban transformations that respond more adequately to the realities of the people who inhabit Latin American cities.
Axel Becerra is the Director of the Master in Advanced Design at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. He was Director of Urban Planning and Director of Metropolitan Planning for the State of Michoacán, and remains a practicing architect. He received both his MA in Advanced Architectural Design and his PhD in Design from the University of Sheffield, UK. Between 2013 and 2015 he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He has published scientific articles in refereed journals examining alternative architectural practices in Mexico and other Latin American countries.