WATER AND SANITATION AND ILL HEALTH AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS IN MEXICOCifuentes, EnriqueEpidemiology
Not only have water and sanitation received only a tiny part of the total investment. These reforms and the theories from which they draw have failed to improve water sustainability and associated social values in urban areas of Latin America. This paper combines a theoretical framework drawing on...
Water supply and sanitationPopulation growth, climate change and accelerated economic activity will increase the demand for food, water and energy. As these three issues are interlinked and interdependent, securing them is central to alleviating poverty and creating climate-resilient and robust green ...
Mexico City - Urbanization, Culture, Economy: The living conditions and welfare of Mexico City’s inhabitants vary dramatically according to socioeconomic class and the colonia (neighbourhood) they live in. In marked contrast to poor colonias, the more-p
Mexico City - Population, Diversity, Culture: Mexico City’s population includes immigrants from every corner of the country and from numerous overseas locations. Those who are born in the city, particularly those whose families have resided there for se
However, residents of Temacapulín, Acasico and Palmarejo have been fighting construction of the dam, which would flood their villages.” The second report focuses on Mexico City and the estimate by Ramón Aguirre Díaz, the head of Mexico City’s Water System (SACMEX), that fixing leaks ...
For example, in one workshop the RC3 resources of the Civil Protection Department included the ministries of Risk Management and Civil Protection, Water and Sanitation, Infrastructure and Services, the Fire Department, and the Rescue and Medical Emergencies Squad of the Mexico City Government. The ...
We conducted a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) focused on water and sanitation in Vinton, TX, a small rural town on the U.S./Mexico Border. We present the Vinton HIA as a case study to inform the practice of HIA in rural limited resource communities with higher than average levels of une...
Berthe [25] did a study on the distribution of water at the micro-level focused on two regions in Brazil, the study was based on raw data collected from a survey and used the Lorenz curve and the Gini index to measure inequality in access to water and sanitation services among households...
Water is a huge challenge in Mexico The National Water Programme 2020-2024 (PNH) published by the National Water Commission (CONAGUA) aims to guarantee the human rights to water and sanitation, especially for the most vulnerable population, and to make efficient use of water to contribute to ...