@inbook {1446416, title = {Is There Life After Ford?}, booktitle = {City Design, Planning \& Policy Innovations: The Case of Hermosillo}, year = {2019}, pages = {131-53}, publisher = {Inter-American Development Bank}, organization = {Inter-American Development Bank}, abstract = { This publication summarizes the outcomes and lessons learned from the Fall 2017 course titled {\textquotedblleft}Emergent Urbanism: Planning and Design Visions for the City of Hermosillo, Mexico{\textquotedblright} (ADV-9146). Taught by professors Diane Davis and Felipe Vera, this course asked a group of 12 students to design a set of projects that could lay the groundwork for a sustainable future for the city of Hermosillo{\textemdash}an emerging city located in northwest Mexico and the capital of the state of Sonora. Part of a larger initiative funded by the Inter-American Development Bank and the North-American Development Bank in collaboration with Harvard University, ideas developed for this class were the product of collaboration between faculty and students at the Graduate School of Design, the Kennedy School{\textquoteright}s Center for International Development and the T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Written by Miguel Angel Santos and Douglas Barrios{\textemdash}two Growth Lab research fellows{\textemdash}the fourth chapter titled {\textquotedblleft}Is There Life After Ford?{\textquotedblright} focuses on Hermosillo{\textquoteright}s economic competitiveness and, specifically, the reasons behind the city{\textquoteright}s economic stagnation. It sees the city{\textquoteright}s overreliance on the automobile industry as a primary concern. Based on two methodologies developed at the Growth Lab{\textemdash}the Growth Diagnostic and the Economic Complexity Analysis{\textemdash}this piece proposes alternative pathways for Hermosillo{\textquoteright}s future economic growth. }, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001755}, author = {Douglas Barrios and Miguel Angel Santos} }