IDSB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gordes, Cash Crop, Alpine Climate
2 Sep 2013
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Desertification land is degrading not productive. Mechanized cash crop sector mrchanition and muntilnational biotrch. Mexico"s national policy moved from u rural environments to urban environments to: pull factor focusing entirely on one area. Mexico city is subsideing so they are pumping water back into ground. Because drainage network set-up by location in intermontane basin, mexcio city located on a. 1st environemtnal problem to manifest in mexico city series of confined aquifers made of volcanis ash seperaderd by clay. Mexico is located in the subtropical higpressure zone. Upper later of this subsding aire warmer than lower, causing subsidence inversion ( a body of. Enclosed intermontane basin warm air over coll air that prevents mixing) Develop adequate service and serivec into illegal settlesments ( from richers part to poorer parts) Cooperation and funding from both developed and develpong ccountries: regulations, monitoeinf and enforcement. Hydraulic civilizations: ancient egypt, sri lanka, the dutch, three gordes dam.
