Site design for urban water management in Mexico City
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2001.
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| author | Rivera, José Pablo (Rivera De la Mora), 1967- |
| author2 | Anne Whiston Spirn. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/703422019-04-12T12:47:33Z Site design for urban water management in Mexico City Rivera, José Pablo (Rivera De la Mora), 1967- Anne Whiston Spirn. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Architecture. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2001. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-80). As the world becomes aware of the scarcity of water resources and cities struggle to meet a growing demand, we face the challenge of finding more efficient ways to manage this vital resource. Cities in developing countries face an even greater challenge as rapid population growth and demographic migration concentrate demand in already exhausted areas. Meeting this deficit has meant the expansion of hydraulic infrastructure to ever distant areas at ever increasing costs. Water supply and disposal in the last decades has been dealt with exclusively by hydraulic engineers. They are once again attracting the interest of architects, landscape architects and planners as the effects of urban development on water resources becomes more evident. In an age of shrinking public budgets, site design can offer a competitive decentralized alternative to the massive engineering projects that would otherwise be needed to meet such demand. This work deals with a set of tools that architects and planners can use to contribute to improving the hydraulic capacity of our cities and to restoring some of the fundamental processes of the natural environment on which they are set. It evaluates their performance in a specific context in Mexico City and explores the feasibility of their application. by Jose Pablo Rivera. S.M. 2012-04-26T18:41:39Z 2012-04-26T18:41:39Z 2001 2001 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70342 49566847 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 80 leaves application/pdf n-mx--- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture. Rivera, José Pablo (Rivera De la Mora), 1967- Site design for urban water management in Mexico City |
| title | Site design for urban water management in Mexico City |
| title_full | Site design for urban water management in Mexico City |
| title_fullStr | Site design for urban water management in Mexico City |
| title_full_unstemmed | Site design for urban water management in Mexico City |
| title_short | Site design for urban water management in Mexico City |
| title_sort | site design for urban water management in mexico city |
| topic | Architecture. |
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