Mexico City Case Study Flashcards
What is the global importance Mexico
- one of the parks in the world
- hosted the Olympic in 1968
-largest Spanish speaking city in the world - one of the richest urban areas in the world
- oldest continually inhabited urban settlement in western hemisphere
What is the regional importance of Mexico City
Religion is big
Links between north and South America - good for trade , immigration
Roads and railways through Mexico go through focal point if mexico
What is national influence of Mexico City
Over 1500 UNESCO heritage buildings
Financial and cultural powerhouse of Latin America
Important financial centre in America
What is the way of life in Mexico
- has Aztec and Spanish influences
-congested megacity- overpopulated w 23 million people - spiralling crime rates - 3 murder every week
- very rich / very poor areas - 500 kidnapped a month for money
- social divide - formal / informal economy
- education is important - 94% of 14 year olds are in school
- prominence of good and trades
- prone to natural disasters - earthquakes in 1985 and 2017
- Sunday is dancing day
What is the pattern of national and international migration
Population has increased by over a tenfold from 1910 to 2010 - in the last 65 years there was an overall increase in urban areas
What are reasons for growth inform rural to Urban
Push - mainly from east eg puebla
- dominated by agriculture
- literacy rate is 65%
- 2/3 of people lack proper housing
- over 60% have no clean water
Pull : economic investment and growth
- factories and offices
- 45% of Nexicos industrial production is in Mexico City
- Maquiladora ( free trade zones ) encourage TNc’s eg Nike
- farm equipment to manufacture and supply to the world
- 50% of the GDP
