Projects and construction work for using the dried lands of the former lake Texcoco, 1912-1998
The present work examines the ideas related to the potential uses of the exposed Texcoco lake bed in the valley of Mexico. The text elaborates over the different projects proposed by engineers and other experts who imagined the desiccated area as a place for diverse uses, ranging from agriculture an...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/70695 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://moderna.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehm/article/view/70695 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Texcoco lake land use reforestation dust-storms floods lago de Texcoco uso de la tierra bonificación reforestación tolvaneras inundaciones |
| Sumario: | The present work examines the ideas related to the potential uses of the exposed Texcoco lake bed in the valley of Mexico. The text elaborates over the different projects proposed by engineers and other experts who imagined the desiccated area as a place for diverse uses, ranging from agriculture and forestry to natural reserve and even entertaining activities. The present investigation is aimed to explain why and how these ideas did change throughout the 20th century. The results show that the aim to reconvert the Texcoco bed has been a long-standing pretension being constrained by the geological conditions of its subsoil. The Archivo Histórico and the Biblioteca Central del Agua, as well as numerous written sources, are among the materials used for the purpose of the study. |
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