State of the U.S.-Mexico Border Environment
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Plan Public Advisory Committee
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 20
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Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Plan Public Advisory Committee
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul Westerhoff
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780925613301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe border region lies 100 kilometers/60 miles on each side of the U.S.-Mexican border and encompasses parts of four states in the United States and the six Mexican states of Baja California. Approximately 12 million people live in the U.S. counties and Mexican municipalities on the border. The high density of people and increased industrialization since the passage of NAFTA has placed an even greater burden on the inadequate infrastructure and environnmental resources of the region. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that many U.S. counties along the border are categorized as "economically distressed." and few communities possess the resources needed to address environmental concerns. This volume examines many of the environmental issues that pertain to this rapid urbanization in this region.
Author: Paul Ganster
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780925613288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Linda Fernandez
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2005-12-30
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 0306479613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Mexican -- United States border represents much more than the meeting place of two nations. Our border communities are often a line of first defense -- absorbing the complex economic, environmental and social impacts of globalization that ripple through the region. In many ways, our success or failure in finding solutions for the environmental, social and economic issues that plague the region may well define our ability to meet similar challenges thousands of miles from the border zone. Border residents face the environmental security concerns posed by water scarcity and transboundary air pollution; the planning and infrastructure needs of an exploding population; the debilitating effects of inadequate sanitary and health facilities; and the crippling cycle of widespread poverty. Yet, with its manifold problems, the border area remains an area of great dynamism and hope -- a multicultural laboratory of experimentation and grass-roots problem-solving. Indeed, as North America moves towards a more integrated economy, citizen action at the local level is pushing governments to adapt to the driving forces in the border area by creating new institutional arrangements and improving old ones. If there is one defining feature of this ground-up push for more responsive transboundary policies and institutions, it is a departure from the closed, formalistic models of the past to a more open, transparent and participatory model of international interaction.
Author: Michael Wilken-Robertson
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780925613424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of papers commissioned by the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy addresses the social, environmental, and economic problems of Indian tribes in the Mexican-American border region.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade, and Monetary Policy
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOf the agreement establishing the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank -- Funding environmental needs associated with the North American Free Trade Agreement / Sierra Club -- Analysis of environmental infrastructure requirements and financing gaps on the U.S. / Mexico border.
Author: Erik Lee
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 0925613533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Norris C. Clement
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780925613356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ross Pumfrey
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780925613509
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