Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias
Institute for Regional Studies of the CaliforniasThe Tijuana River Watershed Atlas is a pioneering effort by San Diego State University researchers and their partners in Tijuana and San Diego to harmonize data across the international boundary and to provide stakeholders and decision-makers with comprehensive information about this important region. The atlas, made up of large-format sheets in a boxed edition, is comprised of some 80 photographs, maps, and text in English and Spanish. The atlas captures the diversity, complexity, and dynamism of a 1,750-square-mile drainage basin that lies astride the U.S.-Mexican international border. This work covers many issues pertaining to the watershed, including its physical characteristics and its human and environmental aspects. This bilingual atlas is the result of the collaboration of many organizations and individuals from the United States and Mexico, especially from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte and San Diego State University and is published by San Diego State University Press and the Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias with assistance from SDSU's Department of Geography and from the Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy. According to atlas co-editor Richard Wright of SDSU, "developing information for the entire binational watershed is absolutely essential to plan for the future, to avoid environmental problems that will negatively affect the quality of life of the watershed's 1.4 million residents, and to take advantage of binational synergies for sustainable regional development."
The Imperial-Mexicali valley is a region defined by its location along the U.S.-Mexican border and through the management of its natural resources. Its complexities are based in the initial settlement of an area believed to be uninhabitable, but through perseverance and ingenuity of individuals over 100 years ago, developed into a productive agricultural region. The editors of this text selected 30 essays from regional scholars that discuss these central themes and provide an understanding of the regional dynamics. The topics covered include history and government, economy and agriculture, environmental concerns and natural resources, and social trends and culture.
This volume is based on papers presented late in 1999 at the San Diego, California,
meeting of the Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) group. An international
network of specialists, the BRIT group has also convened in Berlin (1994),
Joensuu on the Finnish-Russian border (1997), and in Chandigarh, India, near
the Indian-Pakistani border (2000).
Key themes of this volume are transborder cooperation, border environmental
concerns, and issues of sustainable development in border regions, including
the U.S.-Mexican border region, European border regions, the Baltic region,
Russian-Finnish border areas, and Asian border regions. Also included are
essays on methodological and theoretical approaches to border research.
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