PEMEX Urban Park: Water as a Vision for the Future

Abstract

This study aims to raise a discourse on the unfolding future of a PEMEX vacant oil refinery and a natural lagoon located in the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Reynosa is part of a larger geographical border defined by Mexico and the United States. The Rio Grande River is the geo-political border between both nations, and it’s the primary source of water in the region. Its landscape is composed of several bodies of water featuring the Rio Grande, human-made canals, and a natural lagoon. Reynosa’s water landscapes are interconnected as water flows from the canals to the lagoon into the Rio Grande to the Gulf of Mexico.