Life Above, Rubble Below

Mexico City’s periphery is home to marginalized communities, and mainly constituted of autoconstructed houses built along the dried lakebed of Lake Texcoco. These settlements are subjected to amplified earthquake risk because of below-ground soil conditions in the lakebed beneath them, which makes t...

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Main Authors: María Moreno Carranco, Beki McElvain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rosenberg & Sellier 2020-09-01
Series:Ardeth
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ardeth/1189