Night view of a city with illuminated buildings and a clear sky — The city of Córdoba is heading toward overcrowding | La Derecha Diario

Camara — The city of Córdoba is heading toward overcrowding | La Derecha Diario

Passerini wants to limit the city of Córdoba with a new urban code

The project proposes to densify Córdoba with an environmentalist plan and without effective controls over the territory

28/06/2025 11:43:00h

Editorial Team

The Municipality has presented a new urban planning ordinance project with promises to regenerate areas and halt expansion toward the outskirts. The file has already been submitted to the City Council and proposes to change the urban growth model without specifying deadlines or those responsible. What is presented as "planning" is, in many respects, a blank check for future administrations. The text contains 68 articles and replaces regulations that had been in force for years, without making clear what problems were solved or what errors were corrected. It proposes a flexible structure that allows for intervention in neighborhoods, corridors, and zones with criteria that are difficult to monitor. The concepts it introduces—such as regeneration or densification—lack operational definitions and are left at the mercy of political discretion. Since 1985, these legal frameworks hadn't been updated, but this proposal doesn't seem to fill that gap with technical solidity but rather with ambitious phrases. The risk is that urban fragmentation will be enabled under the guise of citizen participation. Meanwhile, expansion continues into areas where the State can't even guarantee basic services today.

Multi-story building with a concrete structure and windows, surrounded by trees and with colorful signs on the facade, seen from the main entrance with stairs and people at the entrance.

The Municipality presented the new urban planning ordinance project | La Derecha Diario

Planning tailored to political power

without ensuring binding mechanisms to prevent unilateral decisionswithout funding or clear criteriait's not clear who will implement these proposals or with what budget.CórdobaIf the population density multiplies without improving infrastructure, the result will be more chaos.

Modern multi-story building with a glass and concrete facade located in a city, with cars parked in front and buildings in the background

The project being debated by the Council proposes densifying Córdoba without a clear plan | La Derecha Diario

Agreements with private parties: progress or privilege?

urban planning agreements are reformulated and the Coordinated Action Zones (PAC) are introduced.the flexibilization of rules is institutionalized according to the weight of each investor. "The resources caused will be allocated to infrastructure within the zone," the text promises, without mentioning how their application will be monitored.

Aerial view of a city with numerous tall buildings and intersecting streets in the urban center

The population density in the city could multiply without an improvement in infrastructure | La Derecha Diario

Sustainability: a green flag with no real anchor

environmental criteria in urban developmentsin practice, they don't increase density or buildable area, nor are they accompanied by real incentives.excludes hundreds of small projects.Daniel PasseriniThere are no details on how monitoring will be carried out or what penalties those who fail to comply will face.if poorly applied, it can promote infrastructure overload where saturation already exists.

Man in a suit speaking at a podium with a microphone and a two-tone background

Daniel Passerini, mayor of Córdoba, who seeks to limit its territorial expansion | La Derecha Diario

The debate is just beginning, but doubts already exist

the general tone of the ruling party is one of promotion, not openness to change.they don't detail how they will prevent overcrowdingCórdoba has areas with collapsed services and others that are abandoned: densifying without order can worsen both problems.building density in an existing urban areaconcentrating more inhabitants and activities in the same space. This significantly increases the potential risk of overcrowding in the city.

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