Title The Basin of Mexico : critical environmental issues and sustainability / Exequiel Ezcurra [and others]

Published Tokyo : United Nations University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 216 pages) : illustrations, maps Series UNU studies on critical environmental regions UNU studies on critical environmental regions. Contents Introduction -- The environmental history of the basin -- The socio-economy of the Basin of Mexico -- Recent changes in the environmental situation of the basin -- The driving forces of environmental change -- The vulnerability of the basin -- The response to the environmental problem -- Conclusions Summary "The Basin of Mexico discusses the question of urban sustainability in Mexico City, one of the largest megacities on earth. Mexico City is an immense laboratory that reflects the environmental viability of the large cities of the developing world." "For some environmentalists, the urban and demographic growth of the Basin of Mexico is of grave concern, not only because of the attendant socio-economic consequences of such an immense concentration of population, but also because of the pressures that the clustering of some 18 million people may inflict on the environment. For others, the urban concentration of Mexico City is the logical result of the industrial development and the technological progress of the twentieth century, and does not represent a problem in itself, as technological development may provide the means to defeat the environmental and health problems spawned by urban growth." "The book examines some of these questions in a historic perspective, arguing that the depletion of natural resources in the Basin of Mexico is not just a recent phenomenon."--Jacket Analysis Ciudad de México (México) Condiciones medioambientales Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-206) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental) POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy. Ecology Umweltschutz Sociaal-economische aspecten. Ecologische aspecten. SUBJECT Mexico City Metropolitan Area (Mexico) -- Environmental conditions Subject Mexico -- Mexico City Metropolitan Area Mexiko Stadt -- Region Form Electronic book Author Ezcurra, Exequiel LC no. 99006695 ISBN 0585162948 9780585162942

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