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China: more highways, more cars and more traffic.
This chart is exemplary of the problem of cars and traffic in China. The country recently has become the m arket world's largest auto , and economic growth means that millions of people can access them. This has caused many traffic problems and the solution that China has undertaken in the first place was to build more roads, however did not solve the problem and has increased, as the example of a 100 km jam in Beijing for which it has named this city as e l world's largest parking . Therefore, this Asian country has embarked on a new basket of means to reduce traffic congestion, including limiting licenses and more streets. My perspectives that can resolve the problem are somewhat pessimistic as to focus on producing more cars (for everyone) and make more streets for them.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
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The City in the Hands of
THE CITY IN THE HANDS OF Joker
January 10, 2010
Designated as enemies of the fatherland, for opposing works of urban transport.
The recent deployment of hundreds of riot police against a few dozen residents of the neighborhood of La Malinche in Magdalena Contreras and Narvaez, as opposed to the construction of supervision in the first case and the return on Line 3 Metobus in the second, then gives a violent scenes have been repeated frequently in various parts of the city for over three years: the backbone Metropolitan, San Francisco Tlaltenco, Tlahuac Avenue, several colonies near Rio Churubusco, the CUPA Felix Cuevas, Tlatelolco Unit and elsewhere in Azcapotzalco, Tlalpan, Magdalena Contreras, Álvaro Obregón, Cuauhtémoc. Most of these conflicts are due to urban transportation projects, such as the Metro Line 12, the Supervía, Metrobus Line 3, new overpasses Circuit Interior, works normally have been imposed by force, without lower local consultation or agreement with the concealment of any relevant information. To carry out these attacks of the armed forces have used the early mornings, weekends, holidays, the end of the year. It is the neighbors as enemies of the motherland. Most of these neighborhood movements have been defeated or minimized by government actions.
Anything goes against neighbors
Typically, the Government City employs a large number of riot police, officers liars, lawyers threatening and godmothers intriguing against this neighborhood is, for better trick, the government announces " briefings or conciliation " "negotiating table", which made all sorts of promises to the neighbors which never met, buy neighbors willing to do anything, neighborhood committees exist and representatives of neighborhood organizations letterhead who are responsible for dividing the neighborhood movements. Local and federal deputies, whether or not the party of government, offered an ambiguous support for these movements neighborhood in exchange for political concessions that may mean the division or the dissolution of the movement, therefore to a greater or lesser extent the parties share the same ideas urban, economic and government policies. The PAOT and other supposedly independent bodies are about the same as the deputies.
Only the government knows what the "common good"
accused the Government of Mexico City residents unhappy normally be at the service of the opposition and claims These works provide great benefits to the population, both in lower travel times and lower production of emissions and climate effects of air pollutants we breathe, as well as creating jobs and improving the economy of the city, none of these claims is baseless government in independent studies, the government says anyone what is known as the "common good" of the city and defends those who "politicize" these works, however, this "common good" is not supported by history to confirm this: according to scholars, the works of the same type that have been made previously in this city \u200b\u200band the world have resulted in higher overall transport times, longer distances traveled and emissions, as well as higher unemployment and weakening local economy. This type of work have led to the urban and economic disaster we are suffering.
support these works thousands of environmentalists in government service
The Government City meets with the production of environmental impact studies, always out of time and always with the formal approval of their projects in all major parties, it has "environmental experts" and "colleges and institutions," willing to endorse such government projects without biggest problem. It has a very populated Attorney Environmental, the PAOT, which is against very minor affairs of these mega projects, but refuses to investigate its most predators. Furthermore, in order to give a "green" or "green", this government launches campaigns and programs for "sustainable urban mobility" and "green plans" to promote cycling and other habits transport and energy conservation, implementation impossible in the legal, economic and political that we have. Not only has the Secretary of Environmental Affairs with a significant history of environmental activism in civil society also has networks with leading environmental groups 'independent' and environmental associations and offices at your service. Universities sometimes lend themselves to publicly validate these megaprojects, but, tacitly validate not publicly discuss technical concepts such controversial and destructive uses of the City Government. An army of environmentalists is to serve the Government of Mexico City.
these works passionately defend the great entrepreneurs and many citizens
A lot of companies and entrepreneurs have been published in recent months, large deployed in congratulating Marcelo Ebrard for carrying out these works. Strongly agree on the construction of these mega projects, so that promoted in magazines, newsletters and conferences. The mainstream media avoided investigate or discuss the fundamental reasons for or against these works, just government propaganda broadcast on these works and ignore, distort or minimize the arguments of opponents to these works, always editorialize for these works, they are very acceptable to the dominant imaginary. At a recent summit, some important mayors praised the action of this ruling and a little known organization has awarded the Best World Mayor. Ebrard's popularity is quite high, according to conventional surveys. A part of society believes that these works will be beneficial, although not obtain any direct or indirect benefit from them and no technical information to support this opinion: it is a thought dependent on mass media like TV, and ideas of the powerful: the single thought, conventional.
neighbors as furniture
the residents affected by these works protest because they are expelled from their lands, their homes, or because life is degraded greatly in the vicinity of their homes, or because they are paid very badly losing the properties, or because it dies a place, a neighborhood, a world in which they lived reasonably well for many years are aware that with the money they will receive for their property will never again buy another property that has the same advantages, they know that their streets will become more dangerous to eliminate the small shops and services , which will increase the circulation of vehicles and increase the incomes and taxes, they feel that the government steals their wealth to benefit big business and politicians and believe that something like furniture that can move or adapt at will, are unaware that their sacrifice is not benefiting the city, glimpsed the real meaning of development, progress, globalization. What is not appropriate for a community, neighborhood, or ejido, not good for the city.
Never before, in so few years, had damaged both the city of Mexico.
However, in the history of Mexico City, never, in so few years, many had been demolished trees had been expropriated and paved many floating gardens and acres of farmland; violated so many acres of wildlife and rural use; expropriated many homes and buildings severely affected the quality of life of many neighborhoods and middle class, destroyed many small businesses, broken and replaced both pavement excavated soil both public infrastructure built so much for the unnecessary use of the car and transport; created so many dangerous and inhospitable places, so changed land use, urbanization fostered agricultural and forested areas, established so many privileges the use of the car, or produced so many conditions to increase rapidly in coming years air pollution and emissions with climatic effects. Never before, in so few years, had attacks both against the coexistence of the neighbors to both the city debt, weakened the law, economics and democracy in its territory used violence to impose such financial interests of Mexican business leaders. Never before, in so few years, had damaged both the city of Mexico.
Times and the daily average transport distances no longer uploading all years
The argument used by Marcelo Ebrard, to justify construction of Metro Line 12, the Supervía, the second floor in the Peripheral and distributors and depressed roads have been built in Mexico City is fairly simple and worn- the Metro urban transport is the best because it carries many people at great distances in a short time with little energy consumption per person and, besides, is very clean because they will not smoke, the roads possible to reduce travel time by car, reduce fuel consumption, lowering air pollution and emissions climatic effects. Depressed, overpasses and roads distributors eliminate congestion, reduce travel times, fuel consumption and air pollution . This argument has no scientific basis because it ignores the many side effects of these works, which rapidly become the primary and make counterproductive: they are false solutions for urban, legitimized by the corruption of universities and professional schools. To know the reality of urban transport would require the development of a citizen survey on the distances and times average daily transport of workers and employees in Mexico City. Easily find as typical a figure of about four hours average daily public transport and about three hours average between those who use their car, find the times and the average daily transport distances do not stop coming up every year, thanks to these urban transportation projects.
economic prescriptions Carlos Slim
Given the deep economic crisis that began in 1994, which continues to this day, politicians and big business have proposed several recipes to regain employment, activity economic and consumption. Lower wages, eliminate job security and social benefits and increase rates of gas, petrol and electricity have been one of the recipes that have been most successful in Mexico, further reducing taxes on large companies, rescue their failures, lowering their costs for water, electricity and environmental impediments. They have also made great efforts to increase the VAT. However, large employers such as Carlos Slim, has stressed the need to also invest heavily in infrastructure, as a way out of this crisis, including the company owner has created a number of companies In order to build roads, dams, subway lines, roads and distributors all kinds of public and private works. Mexico City has been the subject of his greatest concerns in this regard, has made great efforts to promote road works as well as retailers and second floors that this city has become famous, Subway Line 12, among others. Large English companies OHL, major investors in Santa Fe, have preferred to support the construction of urban highways pay for "help" out of the economic crisis. The problem of infrastructure of this kind is taking place with high technology that minimizes well-paying jobs, usually occupied by highly trained personnel coming from other countries. Jobs for locals, not many, are of Wal Mart: long hours, high risk, low-paying and temporary. The infrastructure offered many things, but a meaningful solution to unemployment.
markets finally imposed
For about 20 years, when you start the era of free trade, privatization, unemployment, rapid rise of debt and instability financial and economic city projects changed radically in size, they became huge, in order to suit the political conditions for recolonization or re exploitation of the territory, required by the markets. Urban transport projects, construction and urbanization in general became much more ambitious was possible and consider the use of technologies and mega mega funding approval in a country as destitute as Mexico. Governors, mayors then began his career as sales of its entities to international investors, becoming heavily indebted to their governments, gigantic works, useless and highly predatory and social fabric of Nature. It presents the first urban mega-projects in the city of Mexico in the early 90's: the Train or Train High Magnetic Fine Arts in Santa Monica, the Reichmann project, the Santa Fe Project, the project saw Santa Catarina, the highway La Venta-Colegio Militar, the Alameda project, the project WTC, the Metro B line to Ciudad Azteca, the second floor and Peripheral Viaduct, but large neighborhood is killed or minimized these first megaprojects. However, the conversion of the mode of development of this city is not achieved until the arrival of Lopez Obrador at the head of government in Mexico City, where, against all odds, the project launches San Antonio distributor road, as the basis for Construction on the second floor of the Viaduct and Peripheral and replaces Ahumada Slim, as a great executor of their projects. This distributor distributors detonated road construction in Mexico. The markets are finally imposed in this city by means of a left party willing to do anything to stay in power. Marcelo Ebrard has matured over more than 20 years, the political-business alliance, the great conspiracy of the Government of Mexico City with the big real estate business for 3 years at full speed steal bases of peace and tranquility of the inhabitants Mexico City. The markets have come to prevail in this city on democracy; politicians have to obey the markets and markets, such as cancer, just want to kill everything that has life and complexity.
The city in the hands of the Joker
many years ago, an old American comic portrayed a banker dressed penguin with a terrible black humor that electrocuted to greet those who opposed their desires, and could subject the city authorities (Gothic) to all their whims, was the evil Joker, The Joker, Batman. In the old days, a great millionaire could perhaps control the city and the Joker could well be a caricature. However, the dislocations of our time and the city of Mexico, prevent me from saying that Mexico City is in the hands of only one Joker, and these could be Ebrard or Slim, I think we are rather in the hands of a great number of pranksters, both international and neighborhood, very close to us, from the Rothchild, Soros, Bernakle, Zoellick, Walton, to regular viewers of Big Brother Rival Televisa and TV Azteca weaker. Almost no salvation for our city.
Miguel Valencia De eCommunity , Ecological Network Autonomous of Mexico Basin
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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The accents do not reach the heavens
Here you sample as old concept stating that 'the capital letters brought no tilde. " An unwritten rule never supported the SAR. One sunny afternoon walk around Malaga gave to many snapshots. Lost Accents
Spain wishes you a happy 2011.
Spain wishes you a happy 2011.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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"You have to connect the environmental crisis with the crisis of care"
Soraya Gonzalez Guerrero
YAYO HERRERO: The financial crisis which we live is both an economic, ecological and social. It has to do with culture, in the form of being in the world. The decrease proposes abandoning the logic of growth, unlimited extraction of materials and waste generation. We find very interesting concept because it is covered for many struggles that we developed around transport, GM, waste ... But we know that is complicated when the response is being given to the crisis is to keep running forward, when you are doing massive layoffs. It is complicated because it breaks with a very settled in the collective imagination: the system only works when it grows. Ecofeminism for linking the environmental crisis with the crisis of care, placing care at the heart of the struggle. This is a topic too worked in the organization. Therefore, intervention in the Congress Amaia Pérez Orozco [economist and feminist], which was brilliant, opened many doors. The challenge now is to integrate the decrease and ecofeminism in the various commissions and land these concepts into concrete proposals.
YH: In general, the proposal has been welcomed, but it is true that there has been criticism of the term, though not the actual idea. Some people criticize that it is a confusing concept and can generate rejection, and reduction is better to speak without using the term decline. The campaign we launched, "Living More With Less", uses a slogan that is specifically intended that all people feel recognized organization.
YH: In these times when the fights are so divided, that we take ten years is something to be pampered a lot. In EEA-conservation groups are advocating the nearest land, "strictly political groups, women and men ... There are a variety of views about the ecology and living together is necessary to enable a culture of consensus. The issue of agrofuels has led us a whole year. There were endless meetings to bring positions and until they reached a position to make everyone feel recognized not adopted a position paper. But sometimes the conflict has prompted some groups to abandon the Confederacy, as in Extremadura, where there was a mediation process for a year ran out. Conflict resolution is rather well established in the organization. For this we have conducted construction workshops collective ideas of how to build horizontal relationships. And this is a line also supported by the Congress of Valencia. Another challenge that we have proposed is to increase the participation of women in the Secretariat, that is a minority in spite of the effort. For that we must overcome the logic of aggression in the discussions, be aware that as important as is possible manifest an organization where diversity lives together.
YH: On the issue of GMOs, the focus is now more integrated, joined GM with food sovereignty and the demands of groups such as Via Campesina. Recurred in Congress support the new initiatives of social economy, as consumer cooperatives. Climate change is connected with poverty (with concepts such as 'ecological debt') mobility and transport. It is also very successful bonding of the financial crisis with the energy crisis. And highlight local mobilization through platforms such as Refinery No, the movement against thermal, nuclear facilities or high-speed train in different territories.
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