Both Sides of the Border : Transboundary Environmental Management Issues Facing Mexico and the United States

I. Law, Politics, and Institutions for a Border Environment Improving Institutional Response to Environmental Problems Mark J. Spalding Impact of Two NAFTA Institutions on Border Water Infrastructure Nicole Carter and Leonard Ortolano Binational Cooperation and the Environment at the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Mexican Perspective Roberto A. Sánchez II. Characteristics of the Border Community Characteristics of Border Communities Chris L. Gianos “Off the Backs of Others”: The Political Ecology of Credit, Debt, and Class Formation and Transformation Among the Colonias of New Mexico and Elsewhere Carlos Velez-Ibanez, Guillermina Nunez, and Dominic Rissdo Immigration, Agriculture and the Border Philip Martin III. Border Water Financing Bilateral Water Projects on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Past, Present and Future George Frisvold and Margriet Caswell Lessons in Transboundary Resource Management from Ambos Nogales Suzanne Levesque and Helen Ingram Changes in Trade Policy and Wastewater Emissions for a Border Watershed Linda Fernandez The Geography of Water Transfers and Urbanization in Baja and Southern California Suzanne Michel Restoring Instream Flows Economically: Perspectives from an International River Basin James F. Booker and Frank A. Ward 131 161 183 199 235 117 129 97 75 73 53 29 15 13 1 VII IX VI IV. Air Pollution, Transportation, Energy, Hazardous Materials 253 255 281 305 323 347 383 385 403 429 455 Conclusion 485 Solving Transboundary Air Quality Problems in the Paso del Norte Region Carlos A. Rincón Border Congestion, Air Quality and Commerce Richard W. Halvey U.S. Transportation Responses to NAFTA: A Window on U.S.-Mexico Transport Issues Gian-Claudia Sciara The US-Mexico Border Energy Zone Martin J. Pasqualetti Whither Hazardous-materials Management in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region? Robert Varady, Patricia Romero Lankao, and Katherine Hankins V. Biological Resources, Terrestrial and Aquatic Habitat Protection Divergence in Californian Vegetation and Fire Regimes Induced by Differences in Fire Management across the U.S.-Mexico Boundary Richard A. Minnich and Ernesto Franco-Vizcaíno Whales and Shared Coastal and Marine Management of the Border Pacific Mark J. Spalding Sea Turtle Conservation across the Shared Marine Border Peter H. Dutton, Laura Sarti, Rene Márquez, and Dale Squires Migration of Exotic Pests: Phytosanitary Regulations and Cooperative Policies to Protect U.S. Ecosystems and Agricultural Interests