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

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. ...