Week 8 - Compulsory Exercise: Ecosystems Services
FC-02x Livable Future Cities ( 2nd Run) - Compulsory Exercise 4
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a. Provisioning services Food: In my state, Jalisco, exist different companies that supplies food to a lot of parts of Mexico. - Dairy products. Located mainly at the north of my region and offers quality in the products. - Agave. We are the main state producing Tequila and other types of alcohol as Mezcal. This provides turism, foreign investment and jobs. - Red and white meat. We are one of the main state in this area. It helps to local farmers to export all around the country and other countries. We have a better quality in meat. ![Agave landscape][1] b. Regulating services Local climate and air quality / Moderation of extreme events: We have a forest almost as big as the city. This help us to template the air coming from the pacific ocean and to take out polution of it. In the other side of the city we have a canyon that help us to direct the wind out of the city, also is a barrier to stop water flows from the mointains. ![Huentitan Canyon][2] c. Habitat or Supporting services Habitats for species: Inside the forest exists a group that help in the development of wildlife, creating an habitat for deers and then released them. ![Deer in La primavera Forest][3] d. Cultural Services Recreation and mental and physical health. In the same forest almost all weekends people go and ride their bikes or prepare themselves running all around the forest for latter run one of the many marathons inside the city. People use to go to run to the canyon. ![La Primavera forest][4] [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14594790255696741.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14594795004084709.jpg [3]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1459479312276321.jpg [4]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14594791669107369.jpg