Abstract

SOTO COLOBALLES, Natalia Verónica. A flight with no destination: The New Mexico City International Airport. Estud. demogr. urbanos [online]. 2023, vol.38, n.1, pp.131-161.  Epub May 12, 2023. ISSN 2448-6515.  https://doi.org/10.24201/edu.v38i1.2103.

The present text describes the different projects and actions carried out during the last twenty years, with the purpose of constructing an airport terminal at the Federal Zone of Lake Texcoco. The analysis outlines two broad positions in this regard, one reassured on the benefits of its edification and the second one as its opposite. Observing both positions draws out the attention to the land and the soil considered, for its relevance and the transformation it has endured, and the natural resources at stake on it.

Keywords : Lake Texcoco; airport; environmental crisis; ground; birds; megaproject; socio-environmental conflict.

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