Equity and Sustainable Development: Reflections from the U.S.-Mexico Border

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	2006/362 pages Distributed for the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego

In light of the power strategies in play in the new geopolitics of economic and ecological globalization, there is a need for critical analysis of how the agenda of sustainable development is being conceived, shaped, and implemented. This volume considers issues of equity and development in the US-Mexico border regionand highlights the fact that regions at the juncture of the industrial and developing worlds most clearly illustrate the problems inherent in current economic paradigms.

• INTRODUCTION.
• Testing the Limits of Equity and Sustainable Development in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands—the Editors.
• The Johannesburg Summit: Implications for the Americas—E. Leff.
• EQUITY AND URBANIZATION ON THE BORDER: PROSPECTS FOR SUSTAINABLE CITY-REGIONS.
• Toward Sustainable Development in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region—J. Friedmann.
• Rethinking Urban Ecologies: Cultural Barriers to Sustainable Development? —L.A. Herzog.
• Cross-Border Regionalism and Sustainability: Contributions of Critical Regional Ecology—K. Pezzoli.
• POVERTY, VULNERABILITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
• Urban Structure and Social Segregation in Tijuana—T. Alegría.
• Counting the Environment In: Considerations of the Risk of Hazardous Maquiladora Waste—K. Kopinak.
• Social Vulnerability and Disaster Risk in Tijuana: Preliminary Findings—N.L. Bringas Rábago and R. Sánchez R.
• Environment, Poverty, and Gender: Using and Managing Environmental Resources in a Tijuana Colonia—R. Gaxiola Aldama.
• CIVIL SOCIETY IN ACTION IN THE BORDER REGION.
• Acquiring Knowledge and Improving Environmental Policy: A Binational Agenda for Civic Organizations—B. Verduzco Chávez.
• Environmental Justice and Border Tribes: The Case of San Diego County —M.C. Miskwish.
• Youth and Education for Sustainability on the Border: Imagining the Future Citizens of Baja California—A. Monsiváis and L. Silván.
• NGOs, Environment, and Gender in Tijuana—S. López Estrada.
• Accessible Information Technology for Equitable Community Planning—A.H. Lam, L.M. Norman, and A.J. Donelson.
• CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS.
• Cross-Border Regional Policy Collaboration: Lessons from San Diego-Tijuana—J. Clough-Riquelme.
• Equity and Justice in Binational Environmental Policy—S.P. Mumme.
• Looking Ahead: Equity in the U.S.-Mexico Border—R.L. Bach.