Un indicador de accesibilidad a unidades de servicios clave para ciudades mexicanas: fundamentos, diseño y aplicación

Several institutions in Mexico are currently working in collaboration with the Federal Government and the UN-Habitat Programme towards building up some urban observatories to consolidate Observatorio Urbano Nacional - Red OUL (National Urban Observatory). Some of the main aims of this project is to provide some indicators that are actually useful and that can be used systematically in the decision making process of urban planers. In this paper we propose the design of an indicator of public and private service accessibility that could be applied in the urban planning tasks in a national context and thus could enrich the consolidation of urban observatories in Mexico. The paper contributes to the current debate taking place in Mexico about the importance of public and private service accessibility, as an indicator of metropolitan performance and quality.