Mexico City Case Study
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- Created on: 14-05-15 21:03
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- Mexico City
- Air
- In 2009, safe levels of pollution were exceeded on 98% of the days.
- Limitations to carbon monoxide fumes.
- Unburnt Petroleum Gas were trapped in the High Altitude Basin
- Retrofitted public transport with natural gas.
- Removal of Sulfur in Fuel and Oil.
- Traffic
- Due to congestion, the economy loses about $1 billion.
- The recorded speed in the CBD is 2mph
- Introduced a congestion charge in 2011.
- No Driving Today Policy.
- Double amount of asthma than rural areas.
- Urban Dereliction
- Many derelict buildings - unsafe + crime.
- Brownfield Regeneration Scheme in 2007 within the Inner City.
- 44% of housing is overcrowded as there aren't many safe houses to live in.
- Waste
- The Grand Cannal
- Is an open Sewage Channel
- Untreated sewage
- The channel overflows in the wet season.
- 10,000 tonnes of generated waste per day in 2009
- The Grand Cannal
- Water
- Due to long distance pumping, there is regularly leakage within the water pipes.
- Because of land subsidence, there can be flooding.
- It is expensive to transport water from the wetlands.
- 70m3 is used per day.
- Air
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