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Discussion results on urban green space policies: White paper on green cities and green space management (2006–2012)

Maria Luisa Ballinas Aquino, José Alvaro Hern Flores

Article ID: 1848
Vol 3, Issue 1, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/ec.v3i1.1848

Received: 16 February 2022; Accepted: 26 March 2022; Available online: 12 April 2022; Issue release: 30 June 2022

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This paper puts forward a proposal for a theoretical methodology that combines various discourse analysis strategies to explain the process of public policy from the perspective of discourse. Based on this approach, the formulation of the urban green space policy implemented in Mexico City from 2006 to 2012 was reviewed. The cases analyzed show how interdisciplinary and cross-scale methods can strengthen the understanding of the complexity of urban and environmental discourse and prove the mechanism theory on which the concept, category, and description of public action legitimacy are based.

Keywords

discourse analysis urban green space; environmental policy; urban policy; mexico city.

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