Mexico uses climate threat to justify ‘slum clearance’
Mexico uses climate threat to justify ‘slum clearance’
Last updated on 4 May 2015, 8:21 am
Official plans to relocate residents of shanty towns braced for future landslides and floods spark human rights fears
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Houses in Pachuca, in Hidalgo state, Mexico (Photo: wikimedia commons)
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By Alex Pashley
Slums hem Mexico City’s margins blanketing the contours of Latin America’s biggest metropolis.
The hillsides of Xochimilco, the third largest of the capital’s 16 delegaciones or boroughs, are a melee of densely packed dwellings stacked high by successive waves of migrants. But in staking out their patch in the valley mega-city, some residents live in the path of floods and mudslides.
That risk is set to amplify as global warming pummels the country harder each decade.
In an unprecedented move, the government has drawn up a strategy to clear slums at risk of climate change-induced natural disasters.
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http://www.rtcc.org/2015/05/04/mexico-uses-climate-threat-to-justify-slum-clearance/#sthash.h5UkX9K9.dpuf
