The Basin of Mexico : critical environmental issues and sustainability /

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"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 urb...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Ezcurra, Exequiel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tokyo : United Nations University Press, 1999.
Series:UNU studies on critical environmental regions.
Subjects:
Environnement > Mexique > Mexico, Agglomération de.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Ecology
Umweltschutz
Sociaal-economische aspecten.
Ecologische aspecten.
Mexico City Metropolitan Area (Mexico) > Environmental conditions.
Mexico > Mexico City Metropolitan Area
Mexiko > Stadt > Region
Ciudad de México (México) > Condiciones medioambientales.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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