Download or read book Producing Mayaland written by Claudia Fonseca Alfaro and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical urban theory and postcolonial approaches are brought together in this compelling book to explore the relationship between colonial legacies, urbanization, and global capitalism in southern Mexico. Investigates the boom-to-bust story of maquiladoras in the state of Yucatán to shed light on how the built environment was shaped by discourse, imaginaries, and everyday practices Examines the infrastructure constructed to support the maquiladora project and traces the attempts of the state to portray Yucatán as an exotic and business-friendly maquiladora paradise Reveals how these practices stand in contrast to the livelihood strategies and life stories of maquiladora workers and residents Draws on a wide range of sources to illustrate a central tension in capitalism: its tendency to homogenize while thriving in differentiation Provides important insights into an understudied location and urges us to understand urbanization in the global South in new ways

Download or read book Housing and Urban Development Planning in Mexico written by United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of International Affairs and published by Washington, D.C. : The Office. This book was released on 1980 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Grounding Global Justice written by Eric D. Larson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'Globalization.'" The rise of Trumpism has once again galvanized public debate about this highly charged term. This book looks at the last time the concept spurred wide-ranging and unruly agitation: the late twentieth century. In offering a transnational history of the explosive emergence of antiglobalization movements in the United States and Mexico, it considers how farmers, workers, and Indigenous peoples struggled to change the direction of the world economy. They did so by grounding their efforts to confront free-market economic reforms in frontline struggles for economic and racial justice. The story revolves around three popular organizations, and their paths allow us to reinterpret some of the crucial moments, messages, and movements of the era, including the Mexican roots of the idea of food sovereignty, racism and whiteness at the momentous 'Battle of Seattle' protests outside the 1999 World Trade Organization meetings, and the rise of dramatic street demonstrations around the globe"--

Download or read book Housing and Urban Development Planning in Mexico written by United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of International Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Los Cabos written by Antonina Ivanova and published by SCERP and IRSC publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through 25 peer-reviewed essays, scholars from the United States and Mexico delve into the environmental, social, economic, and cultural-historical components of what we call an environmental and tourism paradise - the region of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur. This region is vulnerable precisely because of the strong development pressure generated mainly by the tourism sector. Los Cabos analyzes these problems as an opportunity to contribute to the sustainable development of the region. Also available in Spanish, see Los Cabos: Prospectiva de un Paraíso Natural y Turístico. Published by San Diego State University Press and Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias

Download or read book Blurring organizational issues and social phenomena in the age of technology a multidisciplinary perspective written by Nemesio Castillo and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-04-29 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The predominant view in economic theory until the crisis of the '70s, argued the great enterprise was the key player in the innovation process, this was conceived as an activity that unfolded in specific areas, with clear responsibilities and predetermined objectives. This operating structure of the innovative process was functional demand model that favored the standardization of production. The innovative process was developed predominantly by firms that had a domain oligopolistic market from which they made windfall with which financed the research and development activities. In this context, the role of SMEs in the innovation process is limited to covering the portion of the market that big companies left.

Download or read book Transformative Planning written by Christopher Silver and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-26 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning series offers a selection of some of the best scholarship in urban and regional planning from around the world with internationally recognized authors taking up urgent and salient issues from theory, to education for and practice of planning. This 7th volume features contributions on the theme of Transformative Planning: Smarter, Greener and More Inclusive Practices. It includes chapters from leading planning scholars and practitioners who critically examine how transformative planning practices seek to reduce inequalities, promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, achieve gender equality, improve human health and well-being, foster resilience of urban communities and protect the environment and thereby change urban planning paradigms. Several case studies of emerging transformative planning interventions illustrate practical ways forward. Transformative Planning offers provocative insights into the global planning community’s struggle and contribution to tackle the major challenges to society in the 21st century. It will be of use for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in the wide-ranging fields encompassed by urban studies, sustainability studies, and urban and regional planning. The Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning (DURP) series is published in association with the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN) and its member national and transnational planning schools associations.

Download or read book OECD Public Governance Reviews OECD Integrity Review of Nuevo Le n Mexico Sustaining Integrity Reforms written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review analyses the integrity system of Nuevo León, Mexico, as well as its efforts to build a culture of integrity in the public administration. It looks at mechanisms for providing timely advice and guidance to public officials when they are confronted with integrity-related questions and ...

Download or read book Politics After Neoliberalism written by Richard Snyder and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Snyder's study offers an analysis of politics after neoliberalism.

Download or read book Higher Education in Regional and City Development Sonora Mexico 2013 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for regional development in Sonora, Mexico.

Download or read book The U S Mexican Border Environment written by Michael Wilken-Robertson and published by SCERP and IRSC publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers commissioned by the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy addresses the social, environmental, and economic problems of Indian tribes in the Mexican-American border region.

Download or read book Democracy in Two Mexicos written by G. Correa-Cabrera and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains some of the ways in which deteriorated socioeconomic conditions (inequality in particular) and institutional limitations (corruption, electoral exclusion, and a weak rule of law, among others) affect political stability in extremely unequal developing countries, like Mexico, where democracy is not yet fully consolidated.

Download or read book Decentralization for Satisfying Basic Needs 1st Edition written by J. Michael McGuire and published by IAP. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Decentralization as a Means of Satisfying Basic Needs: An Economic Guide for Policymakers" by J. Michael McGuire The challenge addressed in this book is designing the degree of decentralization that is most effective in satisfying the basic needs of the poor. Case studies of decentralization at work in the real world are presented and analyzed. The aim of this book is to help the reader who wishes to use decentralization to help implement a basic needs approach to development. The aim of this book is to help readers use the decentralization of government functions to implement a basic needs approach to development. The aim is not to "give the answer," but rather to provide insight into decentralization as a process and to help practitioners develop skills in designing their own decentralization programs.

Download or read book OECD Public Governance Reviews Public Procurement in Nuevo Le n Mexico Promoting Efficiency through Centralisation and Professionalisation written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review examines the ongoing public procurement reforms in Nuevo León, Mexico: both the progress achieved so far and the many challenges that remain.

Download or read book Between Preservation and Exploitation written by Kemi Fuentes-George and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of biodiversity governance analyzes the factors that determine the effectiveness of transnational advocacy networks and the importance of justice claims to conservation. In the late 2000s, ordinary citizens in Jamaica and Mexico demanded that government put a stop to lucrative but environmentally harmful economic development activities—bauxite mining in Jamaica and large-scale tourism and overfishing on the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. In each case, the catalyst for the campaign was information gathered and disseminated by transnational advocacy networks (TANs) of researchers, academics, and activists. Both campaigns were successful despite opposition from industry supporters. Meanwhile, simultaneous campaigns to manage land in another part of the Yucatán and to conserve migratory birds in Egypt had far less success. In this book, Kemi Fuentes-George uses these four cases to analyze factors that determine the success or failure of efforts by TANs to persuade policymakers and private sector actors in developing countries to change environmental behavior. Fuentes-George argues that in order to influence the design and implementation of policy, TANs must generate a scientific consensus, create social relationships with local actors, and advocate for biodiversity in a way that promotes local environmental justice. Environmentally just policies would allow local populations access to their lands provided they use natural resources sustainably. Justice claims are also more likely to generate needed support among local groups for conservation projects. In their conservation efforts, Jamaica, Mexico, and Egypt were attempting to meet their obligations under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and other regional agreements. Fuentes-George's innovative analysis shows the importance of local environmental justice for the implementation of international environmental treaties.