Mexico City - Crisis Fronts

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Elevation- 7,349 ft
Area- 578.77 sq mi
Population- 8,720,916
Density- 14,869.1/sq mi
topography
hydrology
climate pattern
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Álvaro Obregón
Azcapotzalco
Benito Juárez
Coyoacán
Cuajimalpa
Cuauhtémoc
Gustavo A. Madero
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Iztacalco
9. Iztapalapa
10. Magdalena Contreras
11. Miguel Hidalgo
12. Milpa Alta
13. Tláhuac
14. Tlalpan
15. Venustiano Carranza
16. Xochimilco
mexico city air pollution
Due to its location in a highland
'bowl', cold air sinks down onto the
urban area of mexico city, trapping
industrial and vehicle pollution
underneath, and turning it into the
most infamous smog-plagued city of
Latin America. Within one generation,
the city has changed from being
known for some of the cleanest air
of the world into one with some of
the worst pollution
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3,882,000
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passengers per
day
Population 103,263,388
Male population 50,249,955
Female population 53,013,433
population growth 1.0%
Birth rate 19/1,000
Death rate 4.9/1,000
4 9/1 000
Infant mortality rate 18.1/1,000
Life expectancy 75.6 years
It is a sprawling metropolis of 19
million people, the second-largest city
in the world, where 40% of the people
live below the poverty line.
This is a place of homeless street kids,
piracy, pollution, crime, and 100,000
street vendors.
The bottom 40% of the population
share only 11% of the wealth and are
considered to live below the Mexican
poverty line.
line Many families live in total
poverty and children are compelled to
work on the streets in order to
supplement the family income.