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Will Mexico City go green?

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Asel Llana / Freelance / File

(Read caption) In 2009, Mexico City outlawed plastic bags from supermarkets. The city has also added non-polluting buses and bike lanes for commuters. There are costs and benefits to being a "green city," writes guest blogger Matthew E. Kahn.

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Young people may have more imagination than older people. This article talks about Mexico City today and the vision that at least three young people have to get rid of cement and rediscover rivers around the city's center. To quote the article;



Boston's Big Dig has reconnected that city to its water.

Two years ago, the NY Times wrote a similar article about Seoul, South Korea rediscovering its rivers and reclaiming its title as a "Green City".
What is going on? I would predict that rising education and per-capita income nudge such major cities to "demand green". This was the major theme of my 2006 Green Cities book.

There are costs and benefits to making the transition to being a "Green City"


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