Overpopulation, irresponsible consumer habits and geography create a "perfect storm" in Mexico City that allows air pollution to be the problem it is there.
The city sits in a valley surrounded by mountains. Smog from manufacturing and chemical plants as well as vehicle exhaust fumes get trapped by the surrounding mountains due to lack of any powerful-enough winds. This makes up the layer of gloom that sits over the valley due to a "cook-pot effect".
This smog can cause burning in the eyes and throat of visitors not used to it within a few days, especially in those with sensitivities to pollutants.
In both cases geographic and atmospheric conditions play a greater role than any other consideration. In the case of Mexico City, it is surrounded by mountains, preventing incoming winds and providing for a cook-pot effect, trapping pollution. In the case of Santiago, it is a large urban strip located between the southern Pacific and the Andes mountain range. Southern winds keep blowing eastward, colliding with the Andes who act like a tall wall, also trapping pollution.
The city sits in a valley surrounded by mountains. Smog from manufacturing and chemical plants as well as vehicle exhaust fumes get trapped by the surrounding mountains due to lack of any powerful-enough winds. This makes up the layer of gloom that sits over the valley due to a "cook-pot effect".
it lays in a bowl shape
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Geography.
It is very difficult to put a blame for Mexico City pollution problems on a specific type of worker or economic class. I would say 'everyone', as the most important issue related to Mexico City is overcrowding.
The city is built in a bowl-shaped crater of an extinct volcano.
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Nothing really. Mexico city is polluted because they drained the river out. Mexicio City lies into two valleys making the pollution stay in the valley leading up to alot of acid rain. So, I dont think we can really do anything about the pollution in Mexico City.
the largest city is Mexico City, it also has the dubious reputation for having the worst pollution in the world.
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