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Lessons learned Module

Significant efforts were made to develop effective spatial analyses to provide a better vision of the 1
distinct aspects and interactions between urban development and the environment. The final result

of these efforts was the preparation of a complementary product to the GEO Mexico City Report,
referred to as the geotext of geospatial information. Its principal characteristics are:
? A modelling process that defines the main messages to be communicated and from which the
organization of information, texts, graphics, photographs and other multimedia resources are
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? Hyperlinks enabling navigation through the report, and activating the cartographic viewer tool;

? An easy display and overlay of thematic maps and shapes, each with its relevant metadata;

? A friendly, interactive platform accessible to any user;

? Interactivity that allows the user to incorporate new knowledge and data;
? The end product in the form of a CD-ROM; and

? An Internet version as an important complementary resource.

It is a tool that could be adapted to make scenarios, and to incorporate and update information.

Capacity building

The GEO Mexico City process successfully built capacity in state of the environment reporting, policy
analysis and integrated reporting at a sub-national level. Capacity-building workshops were held on the
methodologies of state of the environment/policy retrospective reporting using the Pressure, State,
Impacts and Responses (PSIR) framework, including methods of data management. These workshops
involved people from local governmental offices, academic institutions, the private sector, local experts

and NGOs.

Impact and follow-up

Dissemination of the Mexico City report continues with impacts such as:

? Inclusion of the report and its findings in work and learning processes for different groups, such as
academic, public and private institutions, through workshops;

? In 2005, presentations were made in national meetings on Local Urban Observatories, with the
support of UN-HABITAT, and in national seminars on the use of urban land;
? The environmental Ombudsman of Mexico recognizes the GEO Mexico City report and its findings
as one of the principal sources of information and knowledge (NEXOS Magazine, January 2006);

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