| Water management for a megacity: Mexico City Metropolitan Area. | |
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PMID: 12733797 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The paper presents an overview of the present situation of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA). The analysis indicates an urgent need to radically improve the current water supply and wastewater management practices, to become sustainable. The MCMA is one of the most rapidly growing urban centers of the world, with a population of about 21 million people, a very high rate of immigration and numerous illegal settlements. In order to meet the increasing water demand, successive governments have focused almost exclusively on supply management and engineering solutions, which have resulted in investments of hundreds of millions of USD and the construction of major infrastructure projects for interbasin water transfer. Environmental, economic and social policies associated with water management are mostly inadequate and insufficient, which is resulting in increasing deterioration in the environment, health and socioeconomic conditions of a population living in one of the largest urban agglomerations of the world. Surprisingly, however, no long-term strategies on demand-management, reuse, conservation, and improved water-management practices have been developed so far. |
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Authors:
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Cecilia Tortajada; Enrique Castelán |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Ambio Volume: 32 ISSN: 0044-7447 ISO Abbreviation: Ambio Publication Date: 2003 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-05-07 Completed Date: 2003-08-05 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0364220 Medline TA: Ambio Country: Sweden |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 124-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Third World Centre for Water Management, Atizapan, Estado de Mexico, Mexico. thirdworldcentre@att.net.mx |
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Cities Conservation of Natural Resources* Environment* Humans Mexico Population Dynamics* Social Conditions Water Supply* |
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