![]() ![]() The first map, below, shows uncontrolled urbanization between 20, preceded by highway expansion, driven by real estate and encroaching on ejidos (communally held agricultural land) near the shores of Texcoco Lake. Aerotropolis development is planned: a specific area within the airport site and commercial and industrial development over an extensive area surrounding it. The NAICM site, covering over 4,431 hectares, is the waterlogged Texcoco lakebed. The maps were produced by GeoComunes, a collective working with communities to use maps as an analytical tool to strengthen the struggle for defence of common goods, in collaboration with affected residents and NGOs supported by Coordinadora de Pueblos y Organizaciones del Oriente del Estado de México (CPOOEM), which supports people’s defence of land, water and culture in eastern Mexico. GAAM is delighted to share an incredibly informative set of maps elucidating the complex socio-economic and environmental impacts of construction of New Mexico City International Airport (NAICM). ![]()
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