num_pages: 576
description: "Tecate, Baja Realities and Challenges in a Mexican Border Community" is a cultural studies anthology that develops a multidisciplinary analysis of this Mexican border city and municipality faced with prospects of rapid growth. Edited by a elite cohort of scholars and researchers from Mexico and the United States including Paul Ganster, Felipe Cuamea Velásquez, José Luis Castro Ruiz, and Angélica Villegas. A collaborative, bilingual collaboration by SDSU Press and IRSC @ SDSU, its purpose is to provide the community and decision makers with clear description and analysis of the current conditions and challenges of the region. Some 19 chapters by leading California and Baja California researchers include studies about the historic origins of Tecate along with demography, economy, society, public administration, health, environment, water issues, urban infrastructure, urban services, and quality of life of the region. A final chapter highlights challenges that community stakeholders and decision makers face in managing the region’s future. The volume is bilingual in Spanish and English
language: English
title: Tecate, Baja California: Realities and Challanges in a Mexican Border Community
titlecomplete: Tecate, Baja California: Realities and Challanges in a Mexican Border Community
publisher: San Diego State University Press