Uploaded on 2017-01-16 by Juan Pablo Ibarra Garrido
People in and out the city center. -mostly in Mexico city form the 16 parts that conform the city, is only in 4 of this parts where more than 30% of jobs are produced, this creates of a flow of people an a stock of buildings, with all this moments and the lack of quality public transportation, Mexico in infested with cars and speed avenues, creating a chaotic traffic in many parts of the city. With a better distribution of uses in the city and by expanding and improving the quality of public transportation, expanding sidewalls and ensuring security in the neighborhoods, basically a more walkable and safe city could benefit the overall quality of life in the city Food coming from the city surroundings. -food that is provided to the city comes mostly form the surrounding areas, in states like Estado de Mexico or Morelos is where most of the food is growth, and this creates the necessity for transportation, creating big highways to enter and exit the city. Introducing intercity food growing could benefit the economy of the city by reducing cost of transportation and infrastructure Water from the mountains sounding the city In the old days, (XV century) Mexico city was built upon a lake, and the water was a major issue in the life of those cotises, they learn how to deal with it making the city adaptable to the nature of the valley, after the Mexican conquest the city began to reshape itself draying the lake as the years passed by, the rivers which fill the lakes were tubed and pushed away, Mexico has always have troubles with flooding and lack of water ever since, the stock and flow of water is a major issue in Mexico’s contemporary city and the need for a better strategy on this topic is crucial for a resilient and sustainable city IMAGE: https://bulevares.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/trafico.jpg?w=490 -Ciudad Satelite Mexico city-