Gender into Urban Climate Change Initiative

Status Quo of Pilot Cities – Mexico

According to the Atlas of dangers and / or risks of the municipality of Tlaxcala (2018), the city22 has a territorial extension of 51.94 km2, is located within the Transverse Volcanic Axis with an altitude of between 2,300 and 2,500 meters above sea level. The predominant climate is usually temperate and / or sub-humid and the annual average temperature between 12°C and 18°C, with a minimum temperature of 3°C and a maximum of 22°C. The largest area, 57.41%, is for agricultural uses, while the coverage of the urban area is 27.39%. The municipality also has a protected natural area of 680 hectares that represent 7.1% of its territory, the Xicohténcatl National Park.

The municipality is divided into 16 conurbated locations: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl, Ocotlán, San Buenaventura Atempan, San Diego Metepec, San Esteban Tizatlán, San Gabriel Cuauhtla, San Hipólito Chimalpa, San Lucas Cuauhtelulpan, San Sebastián Atlahapa, Santa María Acuitlapilco, Santa María Ixtulco, La Trinidad Tepehitec, La Era, Cruz Blanca, Potrero Grande, Rancho Cruz Blanca (San Isidro); in recent years, it has become a highly urbanized region generating changes in agricultural, forestry and urban land use. Particularly in the foothills of the La Malinche volcano, settlements are subject to risks derived from the urban sprawl on the slopes and the deforestation of the higher areas, which cause landslides and rockfalls that could impact on populated areas of the valley; to this is added the irregular occupation of flooding areas, mainly gullies, streams or intermittent bodies of water, which in the rainy season or when there is extraordinary rainfall, can affect the population and the buildings (SEDATU, 2018). The municipality is divided into 16 conurbated locations: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl, Ocotlán, San Buenaventura Atempan, San Diego Metepec, San Esteban Tizatlán, San Gabriel Cuauhtla, San Hipólito Chimalpa, San Lucas Cuauhtelulpan, San Sebastián Atlahapa, Santa María Acuitlapilco, Santa María Ixtulco, La Trinidad Tepehitec, La Era, Cruz Blanca, Potrero Grande, Rancho Cruz Blanca (San Isidro); in recent years it has become a highly urbanized region thus generating changes in agricultural, forestry and urban land use. Particularly in the foothills of La Malinche Volcano, the population settlement is subject to risks derived from the urban sprawl on the slopes and the deforestation of the higher areas, that result in soil and rocks detachment falling over the populated areas of the valley; this is added to the irregular occupation of flood areas, mainly gullies, streams or intermittent bodies of water, so

22 It borders to the north with the municipalities of Totolac, Xaltocan, Amaxac de Guerrero and Apetatitlán de Antonio Carvajal; to the east with the municipalities of Apetatitlán de Antonio Carvajal, Chiautempan, La Magdalena Tlaltelulco and Santa Isabel Xiloxoxtla; to the south with the municipalities of Santa Isabel Xiloxoxtla, Tepeyanco, San Jerónimo Zacualpan, Tetlatlahuca and San Damián Texoloc; to the west with the municipalities of San Damián Texoloc, Panotla and Totolac (SEDATU, 2018: 7).