Spatial Inequality in Mexico City

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Worsening economic conditions in the countryside, including rising unemployment and growing poverty

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Rural Decline

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Movement of people from rural to urban areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas.

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Urbanization

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The overall level of comfort and well-being of a group or a country.

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Standard of Living

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The unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area, so that some places are richer than others.

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Spatial Inequality

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Found or living in a city.

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Urban

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Found in or living in areas that are not close to cities.

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Rural

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A developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes.

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Suburbs

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A major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it.

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Metropolitan Area

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A pipe or channel built to transport water from one place to another.

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Aquaduct

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Land that is held in common by a group of people.

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Communal Land