geography - mexico city

when was it founded

1325

situation of mexico city

flat plateu on a dried up lake surrounded by mountians

population

21 million

gdp in 2011

411 billion

largest slum

ciudad neza

how much more do top 20 percent earn than bottom 20%

13x more

how far is the reservoirs

96km

how much comes from wells and how amny of them

70%, 4280

what percentage of mexico population

18%

how much percent wealth comes from city

24%

what percentage in informal economy

60%

polloution fixes

metrobus programme to stop drivers, building underground train line for 2 billion

how much rubbish per day

13000 tonnes

how much rubbish removed per day

9000 tonnes

bottom up stratergies

people making the city better by volenteering e.g. in an area of neza they managed to make a very safe areatop

top down stratergies

air polloution-the metrobis system, dealing with rubbish, good because they can deal with big things that affect whole city however not the small bits