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THE UNPLANNED URBANIZATION AS AN ECHOLOGICAL ISSUE IN MEXICO
INTRODUCTION
ATTENTION GETTER
HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT WE ARE TOO MANY IN THIS CITY?
46% OF TOTAL MEXICAN POPULATION IS LOCATEDONLY ON THE URBAN AREAS SUCH AS MEXICO D.F. GUADALAJARA MONTERREY AND PUEBLA
THESIS STATEMENT
SOME OF THE ECHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF RAPID URBANIZATION IN MEXICO CITY ARE POOR QUALITY OF AIR ANDWATER, AND MOST OF THE CITY´S POPULATION WITHOUT A PROPER LIFE QUALITY.
DEVELOPMENT
SECTION 1
THE POPULATION OF MEXICO CITY HAS GROWTH FROM 3 MILLION HABITANTS IN 1950 TO 20 MILLION IN 1997.WE ARE OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING AT THIS AREA.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOW BUILT ARE MORE DENSE AND LESS PLANNED, AND GENERALLY INCLUDES LESS OPEN SPACE
MANY OF THESEDEVELOPMENTS ARE NOW BUILT ON HILLS, GENERATING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SOIL EROTION AND A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FLASH FLOODS AFTER RAINSTORMS.
OVERCROWDING AND INADEQUATE HOUSING HAS CONTRIBUTED TOTHE URBAN HEALTH PROBLEMS LIKE RESPIRATORY DISEASE AND TUBERCULOSIS.
ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT COMES WIYH THE URBANIZATION IS THE POLLUTION OF THE WATER.
ALTHOUGH MEXICO CITY IS BUILT ON AN UNDERGROUNDAQUIFER, MOST OF THE WATER CONSUMED IN THE CITY COMES FROM OUTSIDE IT´S BOUNDARIES.
THIS BECAUSE MOST OF THE WATER IS SIGNIFICANTLY DEPLETED AND IS HEAVILY POLLUTED.
MANY PARTS OF THE CITY SUFFERFROM WATER SHORTAGE AND INDUSTRIAL USE OF WATER IS VERY INEFFICIENT
NEARLY 20%OF THE WATER SUPPLY IS LOST THROUGH DEFICIENT PIPE SYSTEMS.
PIPE FRACTURE REPRESENTS A CONSTANT HEALTH DANGER ASMICROORGANISMS FROM THE SEWAGE SYSTEM CAN CONTAMINATE THE FRACTURE PIPES.
FINALLY, PERHAPS THE WORST ECHOLOGICAL PROBLEM THAT THE CITY FACES IS THE AIR POLLUTION.
THE SMOG IS GENERATED BY THE THOUSANDSOFCARS STOCK IN TRAFFIC AND FACTORIES
THE MOUNTAINS THAT SURROUND THE CITY MAKE THE PROBLEM EVEN WORST BECAUSE THE MOUNTAINS TRAP THE SMOG.
OZONE LEVELS IN MEXICO CITY ARE TEN TIME THE NORMAL...
INTRODUCTION
ATTENTION GETTER
HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT WE ARE TOO MANY IN THIS CITY?
46% OF TOTAL MEXICAN POPULATION IS LOCATEDONLY ON THE URBAN AREAS SUCH AS MEXICO D.F. GUADALAJARA MONTERREY AND PUEBLA
THESIS STATEMENT
SOME OF THE ECHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF RAPID URBANIZATION IN MEXICO CITY ARE POOR QUALITY OF AIR ANDWATER, AND MOST OF THE CITY´S POPULATION WITHOUT A PROPER LIFE QUALITY.
DEVELOPMENT
SECTION 1
THE POPULATION OF MEXICO CITY HAS GROWTH FROM 3 MILLION HABITANTS IN 1950 TO 20 MILLION IN 1997.WE ARE OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING AT THIS AREA.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOW BUILT ARE MORE DENSE AND LESS PLANNED, AND GENERALLY INCLUDES LESS OPEN SPACE
MANY OF THESEDEVELOPMENTS ARE NOW BUILT ON HILLS, GENERATING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SOIL EROTION AND A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FLASH FLOODS AFTER RAINSTORMS.
OVERCROWDING AND INADEQUATE HOUSING HAS CONTRIBUTED TOTHE URBAN HEALTH PROBLEMS LIKE RESPIRATORY DISEASE AND TUBERCULOSIS.
ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT COMES WIYH THE URBANIZATION IS THE POLLUTION OF THE WATER.
ALTHOUGH MEXICO CITY IS BUILT ON AN UNDERGROUNDAQUIFER, MOST OF THE WATER CONSUMED IN THE CITY COMES FROM OUTSIDE IT´S BOUNDARIES.
THIS BECAUSE MOST OF THE WATER IS SIGNIFICANTLY DEPLETED AND IS HEAVILY POLLUTED.
MANY PARTS OF THE CITY SUFFERFROM WATER SHORTAGE AND INDUSTRIAL USE OF WATER IS VERY INEFFICIENT
NEARLY 20%OF THE WATER SUPPLY IS LOST THROUGH DEFICIENT PIPE SYSTEMS.
PIPE FRACTURE REPRESENTS A CONSTANT HEALTH DANGER ASMICROORGANISMS FROM THE SEWAGE SYSTEM CAN CONTAMINATE THE FRACTURE PIPES.
FINALLY, PERHAPS THE WORST ECHOLOGICAL PROBLEM THAT THE CITY FACES IS THE AIR POLLUTION.
THE SMOG IS GENERATED BY THE THOUSANDSOFCARS STOCK IN TRAFFIC AND FACTORIES
THE MOUNTAINS THAT SURROUND THE CITY MAKE THE PROBLEM EVEN WORST BECAUSE THE MOUNTAINS TRAP THE SMOG.
OZONE LEVELS IN MEXICO CITY ARE TEN TIME THE NORMAL...
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