Regional Economics of the Mexican Environment

Alfonso Corona Renteria

Chapter 23 in Regional Science in Developing Countries, 1997, pp 321-333 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Latin-American subcontinent is endowed with the largest biological wealth of land ecosystems in the world. Brazil, Peru and Mexico are the champions of this diversity, but Mexico in particular holds an exceptional variety of natural communities. In little less than 2 million square kilometres, there is room for almost all the natural landscapes that can be found on Earth, from dry lands to the most humid swamps and rain forests; from the hottest tropical scrub into the almost always snow-covered mountain paramos (Vazquez and Orozco, 1989). This is because Mexico is located in the transitional zone between Central America and the Caribbean and the temperate climate to North America. The flora and fauna from both regions meet in Mexican territory, but the situation becomes more complex because there is an incredible variety of altitudes, climates, kinds of rock and soil, and geological histories. In addition, in many places the genetic variability, span of time and other factors have permitted the evolution of living species which originated there through mixing with species originating elsewhere.

Keywords: Mexico City; Regional Economic; Abiotic Resource; Biotic Resource; Carbon Hydroxide (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25459-0_23

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