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SOTO-COLOBALLES, Natalia Verónica. Projects and construction work for using the dried lands of the former lake Texcoco, 1912-1998. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2019, n.58, pp.259-287.  Epub 31-Jan-2022. ISSN 0185-2620.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24485004e.2019.58.70695.

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.

Palavras-chave : Texcoco lake; land use; reforestation; dust-storms; floods.

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