The Modern Megacity · event 13 of 13

2024

The water crisis. The Cutzamala reservoirs fall to historic lows and Mexico City discusses a Day Zero. A city built on a lake now imports its water over a thousand metres of lift.

The The Modern Megacity era

  1. 1929
  2. 1934
  3. 1940
  4. 1952
  5. 1956
  6. 2 October 1968
  7. 1978
  8. 19 September 1985
  9. 1997
  10. 2000
  11. 2016
  12. 19 September 2017
  13. 2024

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