Lowlines, Episode 5: Plotlines
PLACE:Mexico City is on the wonk, its buildings leaning off in odd directions – and it is sinking at a rate faster than any other city on Earth. Each year it drops 20 inches lower, collapsing under a mountain of bad decisions, dodgy policies, over-population, inefficient infrastructure and terrible pollution – all stemming back to the Spanish conquest where indigenous wisdom was literally paved over.
But just below these bad decisions lies the foundation and the solution: Las Chinampas – an Aztec-designed network of resilient and fertile allotments, surrounded by waterways – vital arteries in…
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