Water Quality Issues of the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region.
Author: Clifton G. Metzner
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 23
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Clifton G. Metzner
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 23
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Clifton G. Metzner
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 90
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Paul Westerhoff
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780925613301
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The 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: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Clifton G. Metzner
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 19
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Suzanne Michel
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 436
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Linda Fernandez
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2005-12-30
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 0306479613
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The 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: EJ. Medina
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 17
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This paper presents an overview of pollution issues affecting the Mexico-US border region, and briefly traces the development of the international legal framework which covers Mexico-US border relations on environmental issues. Examples from different border areas are used to illustrate surface water, groundwater, air pollution, and hazardous waste problems associated with the rapid growth and industrialization of areas along the border. Some of the specific issues presented include the Tijuana-San Diego sewage problem, the New River toxic discharges, Nogales Wash groundwater pollution, air pollution in Cd. Juarez-El Paso, and the Alco-Pacifico lead contamination case in Tijuana, B.C. Additional research to characterize the extent of border area pollution and resultant ecological impacts is fundamental in the development of binational policies to deal with these problems. Another priority need is the application of risk assessment models, which will help policy makers on both sides of the border to coordinate efforts and allocate resources to solve this crisis. Immediate attention should be directed toward acquiring information necessary to evaluate the impacts of border-area pollution on natural ecosystems.