primate cities: case study of mexico city positive and negative impacts on a country’s economy...
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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
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MODEL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN CITY
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Colonial Castle in Urban Park Upscale Hotels Palace of Fine Arts
Main Cathedral/Plaza
Stock Market
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Western Sector-Public Spaces
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Western Sector-Residential
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North and Eastern Sections
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High Altitude Basin
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Public Transportation
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Federally Subsidized
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1985 Earthquake
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2010-Bicentennial
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National Museum of Art Palace of Fine Arts
National Archives
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Xochimilco(Chinampas)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Catholic
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“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.”
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Tenochtitlán-Interior Drainage 1631-1635
Import water, export waste
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NAFTAChiapas--high % indigenous
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1872 RailroadNational projectLater connectionsto USA
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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…”
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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