MEGACIT Y MEGAPROJECTS
Mexico City, Mexico
20. 5 MILLION
Buenos Aires, Argentina
13. 5 MILLION
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12.0 MILLION
RIO DE
JANEIRO
São Paulo, Brazil
19. 9 MILLION
= 1 million
Sources: Population Reference Bureau; United Nations Human Settlements Programme; World Bank; World Economic Forum; Atlantic Council; Grandes Construções; Metrô Linha
4; Governo do Estado de São Paulo; ApexBrasil; BNamericas; Conagua; Water- Technology.net; International Telecommunication Union; Argentina Conectada; Tele Geography
MEXICO
CI T Y
PROJECT
Emisor Oriente Tunnel
BUDGET
MXN37 billion
SCHEDULE
2008-16
SPONSOR
Mexico’s National Water
Commission
The 62-kilometer
(39-mile) wastewater
drainage tunnel—one of
the world’s longest—will
reduce the risk of flooding
across the sprawling city.
BUENOS
AIRES
PROJECT
Federal fiber-optic network
BUDGET
ARS8 billion
SCHEDULE
2010-15
SPONSOR
ArSat (the government’s
telecom division)
To provide broadband
Internet to 10 million
homes, the project will
deploy 80,000 kilometers
( 49,710 miles) of fiber-optic
cables across the country,
including the capital,
Buenos Aires.
PROJECT
Line 4 of the Rio de
Janeiro Metro
BUDGET
BRL8.8 billion
SCHEDULE
2010-16
SPONSORS
Rio Barra Consortium, Rio de
Janeiro government
More than a third of the
16-kilometer ( 9.9-mile) transit
line connecting the boroughs
of Ipanema and Barra da Tijuca
will be built underground using
a tunnel-boring machine known
as the “mighty armadillo”—the
largest such machine ever used
in the country.
SÃO
PAULO
PROJECT
Casa Paulista social interest
housing development
BUDGET
BRL4.6 billion
SCHEDULE
2013-19
SPONSORS
São Paulo State Agency
for Investment and
Competitiveness
Promotion; private
companies yet to be
announced
Funded through a public-private partnership, the
project will create 20,221
housing units available only
to low-income residents.
Megacities: Latin America’s Four Cities with > 10 Million People
