21st Century (2000–present)

Monterrey Gran Parque Río La Silla

2019– · Mexico · Latin America · Transit-oriented urbanism and corridor planning · Planned by Municipality of Guadalupe
Aerial view of Cerro de la Silla over Monterrey, near the Rio La Silla
Aerial view of Cerro de la Silla over Monterrey, near the Rio La Silla · Public domain

Core idea

Green corridor along river

Why it matters

Green/blue infrastructure in metro Monterrey

Description

A green corridor project initiated from 2019 along the Río La Silla in the municipality of Guadalupe, part of the Monterrey metropolitan area in northern Mexico. The plan converts riverside land into a linear metropolitan park, combining ecological restoration of the river landscape with public space, paths and recreational facilities. It is a municipal initiative operating at the scale of a river corridor rather than a single site.

Significance

The project represents the arrival of green-blue infrastructure thinking in metropolitan Monterrey, an industrial city long characterised by car-oriented growth and scarce public space. It reflects a wider Latin American movement to reclaim urban rivers as linear parks, and contributes to debates about environmental equity and flood resilience in rapidly expanding arid-region metropolises.

What shaped it

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