9. Cultural and Natural Heritage, Synergy in Regeneration of Tropical Cities: Laguna del Carpintero Wetland and Its Surroundings, Gulf of Mexico

In Latin American cities, with their incomplete urban development processes and marginalised natural spaces, adopt regeneration practices to recover and improve the existing spatial, social, and ecological dimensions. Since it is assumed that natural ecosystems are a key element in sustainable urban regeneration projects, this chapter aims to explore the synergy between natural and urban processes in urban renovation projects through the integration of wetland areas, particularly mangrove areas. This text dissects the Conservation and Revitalisation Master Plan for the Laguna del Carpintero wetland and its surroundings located in the port of Tampico, Mexico. The project focuses on the integration of urban biodiversity around open spaces. The author introduces the innovative methodological aspects adopted in the project, which is located in a tropical city context. It conceptually develops the essential material components for understanding and formulating projects for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, including ecological succession. Therefore, mutual adaptation between urban and natural components associates ecological restoration with public space and built heritage in the project logic.