Hyperborder: The Contemporary U.S.? Mexico Border and It's FutureRoving vigilantes, fear-mongering politicians, hysterical pundits, and the looming shadow of a 700-mile-long fence: the U.S.Mexico border is one of the most complex and dynamic areas on the planet today. With more than one million daily crossings, the border has increasingly has become a hotbed for debate. But too often its complexities are viewed through the myopic lens of illegal immigration, ignoring a multitude of other critical issues that include health, the environment,drug trafficking, free trade, and post-9/11 security. Hyperborder provides the most nuanced portrait yet of this dynamic region. Author Fernando Romeropresents a multidisciplinary perspective informed by interviews with numerous academics, researchers, and organizations. He begins by examining issues faced by other border regions including those dividing North and South Korea and Israel and Palestine. A brief summary of the U.S.Mexico border's recent history provides a much-needed context for a detailed portrait of the many unique issues the two countries face today. Romero uses current economic, political, social, andenvironmental trends to project potential scenariosboth positive and negativefor the border at the midway mark of the twenty-first century. Provocatively designed in the style of other kinetic large-scale studies like Rem Koolhaas's Content and Bruce Mau's Massive Change, Hyperborder is an exhaustively researched report from the front lines of the border debate. Nonpartisan in its politics and tackling issues from both U.S. and Mexican perspectives, this book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understandand find solutions forthe many intertwined issues that define this complex region of the world, and others like it. |
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... Population 4 94 A STATE OF INTERDEPENDENCE 95 Sister Cities 97 The Maquiladora Industry and NAFTA 100 U.S. Dependency on Undocumented Labor 101 The Escape Valve 104 Remittances and Transnationalism 106 The Hispanic / Latino Influence in ...
... Population Grows , So Too Does Energy Demand 235 The Demand for Water Will Increase with the Demand for Energy 236 Further Environmental Degradation and Health Issues Developing from Increased Fossil - fuel Burning 236 The Hyperborder's ...
... Population of Countries ( millions ) , 2006 6,846 1 . RUSSIA - KAZAKHSTAN 504,782 SPAIN 20.6 AUSTRALIA 6,416 2 . U.S. - CANADA 488,100 TURKMENISTAN 19.9 SRI LANKA 5,150 3 . CHILE ARGENTINA 475,440 CAMEROON 19.9 MOZAMBIQUE 4,677 4 ...
... population larger than Guatemala or Portugal . It is a dynamic site that encompasses modern global issues that range from migration to trade to international relations to national sovereignty . The United States is the world's leading ...
... population , and 11 % of all Mexicans will be living in the United States . These demographic shifts affect the politics , economies , and cultures of the neighboring nations , forcing them to evaluate the future of their binational ...
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