ISBN:
9780822372097
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (353 pages).
Series Statement:
Radical Perspectives Ser
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DDC:
304.2097253
Keywords:
Political ecology-Mexico-Mexico City-History
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Urban ecology (Sociology)-Mexico-Mexico City
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Mexico City (Mexico)-Environmental conditions-History
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Mexico City (Mexico)-Social conditions-History
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Urban policy-Mexico-Mexico City-History
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Political ecology ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; History
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Urban ecology (Sociology) ; Mexico ; Mexico City
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Urban policy ; Mexico ; Mexico City ; History
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Mexico City (Mexico) ; Environmental conditions ; History
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Mexico City (Mexico) ; Social conditions ; History
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
Matthew Vitz outlines the environmental history and politics of Mexico City as it transformed its original forested, water-rich environment into a smog-infested megacity, showing how the scientific and political disputes over water policy, housing, forestry, and sanitary engineering led to the city's unequal urbanization and environmental decline
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. The Making of a Metropolitan Environment -- One. The Porfirian Metropolitan Environment -- Two. Revolution and the Metropolitan Environment -- II. Spaces of a Metropolitan Environment -- Three. Water and Hygiene in the City -- Four. The City and Its Forests -- Five. Desiccation, Dust, and Engineered Waterscapes -- Six. The Political Ecology of Working-Class Settlements -- Seven. Industrialization and Environmental Technocracy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822372097
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