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--><!-- Jos G. Vargas-Hernndez1and Omar C. Vargas-Gonzlez21Research professor Postgraduate and Research Division, Jose Mario Molina Pasquel and Henriquez Institute of Technology, Zapopan Unit, The Basin, Zapopan, Jalisco2Professor Systems Department, National Technological Institute of Mexico, Mexico Part of the book: Sustainable and Healthy Building Environments Abstract This chapter has the aim to analyze the implications between the declining and shrinking cities, urban vacant lands, urban land uses, green infrastructures, urban green areas, and their impact on climate hazards change. The analysis departs from the basic assumption that urban vacant land sites and spaces have a negative connotation but supported by the appropriate policies and programs of incentives can turn around and develop the essential green infrastructure to enable the mitigation of climate change hazards, economic growth, and socio ecological development. 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