Title: The Americas /
Authors: Girot, Pascal.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 1994
Subjects: America Boundaries.; America Politics and government.; America History.
Abstract: The Americas provides an original and far-ranging interpretation of issues relating to territory, boundaries and societies in the American continent. The articles examine issues such as: the border crossing between Mexico and the United States, transborder pollution between California and Baja California, the Ecuador-Peru dispute, and the Argentine-Chile frontier.
Contents: Part I. Boundaries in North America: The Geography of borderlands: the case of the Quebec-US borderlands / Peter M. Slowe -- Transborder regional planning in the context of binational economic integration: the case of a new border crossing between Mexico and the United States / Olivier Kramsch -- Myths and realities of transborder pollution between California and Baja California / Cuauhtémoc Leon and Marina Robles ---- Part II. Boundaries in Central America: Border regions in Central America: an agenda for future research priorities / Allan Lavell -- Chiapas, Central American frontier in Mexico / Jan de Vos -- The Mexico-Belize border: origin, present situation and perspectives / Alfredo C. Dachary -- The Interoceanic canal and boundaries in Central America: the case of the San Juan River / Pascal O. Girot ---- Part III. Boundaries in South America: The Ecuador-Peru dispute: a reconsideration/ Ronald Bruce St John -- Technology, geopolitics and frontiers in Brazil / Bertha K. Becker -- The Argentina-Chile frontier as social space: a case study of the transAndean economy of Neuquén / Susana Bandieri -- The Bolivian maritime aspiration to Chilean political space: towards a non-territorial solution / Monica Gangas Geisse and Herman Santis Arenas.