An assessment of key factors to a metropolitan governance for the construction of sustainable urban public policies for the integral management of solid waste in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara

Abstract

Territory and population of Guadalajara metropolitan area has grown in recent decades, to address the challenges that come along with planning, management, and urban development. Public policies are building by the local government, however, the loss of geographical and social limits, the actions generated by local government have a direct impact on other districts.  To achieve tan equitable and sustainable metropolis, its necessary the metropolitan governance, to make a collaborative work and clearly guidelines to action. Faced with a clear problem at the metropolitan scale with solutions at the local level and uncoordinated forces to build and implement public policies; this paper analyzes the exercise of governance on the integral management of urban waste to the construction of sustainable and equitable public policies in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara. The research is based on a Delphi method, interviews with representative actors of different involucrate sectors and a documentary review for a comprehensive analysis. Finally, the knowledge of the research presented here; has increased in importance given the recent approval of the Metropolitan Climate Action Plan. The municipalities that make up the metropolis must align themselves and unite their efforts for a sustainable development.