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Mexico Megacity (Paperback, Revised)
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Mexico Megacity (Paperback, Revised)
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With a population of 15 million persons in 1990, Mexico City is one
of the world's largest cities. It is a famous center of
civilizations and culture and one of the economic capitals of the
Americas, but it also has serious social and economic problems,
including large impoverished zones, severe environmental
degradation, crime, and overpopulation.This book describes and
analyzes growth, change, and spatial patterns in Mexico City,
looking at urbanization, population, marriage and fertility, health
and mortality, migration, environment and housing, social
characteristics, the economy, labor force, and corporate structure.
Applying modern techniques of geographic information systems and
spatial analysis, the authors reveal many previously unknown or
unrecognized trends and patterns. In a capstone chapter, they
summarize the spatial patterns in a series of cluster analyses that
identify distinctive zones within the metropolis--a prosperous
core, surrounding complex ring patterns, an impoverished zone, and
semi-rural arms. They also compare the pattern of Mexico City's
cluster zones to the classical and developmental literature on
cities. In closing, the authors suggest government policies that
would foster optimal future development of an even larger
metropolis.This book addresses a topic of growing importance. The
United Nations predicts the emergence of many more giant cities
worldwide over the next quarter century, most of which will appear
in the developing world. "Mexico Megacity" is a milestone work that
increases our knowledge about one developing world megacity while
offering analytical tools for studying others.
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