Canal Nacional is a project that revives and recovers Mexico City’s lacustrine past, unique for its biodiversity and history. The project spans over 8.5 km, benefitting 363 000 inhabitants. It improves the social and urban fabric, promotes the connectivity within the neighborhoods and enhances the quality of life of the community. Through green and blue infrastructure techniques, the project recovered the socio-environmental services. The design boosts urban runoff catchment, ecological connectivity and biodiversity increase for strengthening the resilience of the city to environmental risks.
