Primate Cities Case Study of Mexico City Positive
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Primate Cities: Case Study of Mexico City Positive and Negative Impacts on a Country’s Economy Magnitude: Disproportionately large population; Over 2 times larger than next largest city in country Significance: Cultural and political center; Hub for national economics and development
MODEL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN CITY
Colonial Castle in Urban Park Upscale Hotels Palace of Fine Arts Stock Market Main Cathedral/Plaza
Western Sector-Public Spaces
Western Sector-Residential
North and Eastern Sections
High Altitude Basin
Public Transportation
Federally Subsidized
1985 Earthquake
2010 -Bicentennial
National Archives National Museum of Art Palace of Fine Arts
UNESCO World Heritage Site Xochimilco (Chinampas)
Catholic
“The Earth you walk on pilgrim is sacred…on this mountain springs two streams, symbols of the valiant Aztec race and the Spanish Missionaries, that submissively were united at the feet of MARY, mother and forger of the Mexican patria. ”
Tenochtitlán-Interior Drainage 1631 -1635 Import water, export waste
NAFTA Chiapas--high % indigenous
1872 Railroad National project Later connections to USA
Centennial Celebration “[the majority of Mexicans are] individuals of the white race, Europeans and some mixed with European and indigenous blood; the Indians are now very few in number…”
Conclusions • Primate cities are seen as “too big to fail” • Primate cities solve about as many problems as they create • Mixed bag as a national economic strategy
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- 2 positive effects of primate cities
- Primate cities
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- Rank-size rule formula
- Primate city vs rank size rule
- The law of primate city
- Time space compression ap human geography example
- Chapter 16 primate evolution assessment answer key
- Vauban freiburg case study
- London is one of the largest cities in the world positive
- Best worst and average case
- It project failure case study
- Mexico principles
- San juanico disaster case study
- River separates texas and mexico
- Fire eater inergen system
- Bleve mexico city 1984
- St patricks day mexico city
- Whats the weather like in london
- Mexico map with capital
- Shoe leather survey fluoride
- Catalase test
- Adding and subtracting negative numbers rules