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This digital document is an article from Journal of Cultural Geography, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2007. The length of the article is 674 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Fugitive Landscapes: The Forgotten History of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.(Book review)
Author: Daniel Arreola
Publication: Journal of Cultural Geography (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 24Issue: 2Page: 101(3)

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Private ranchers survived the Mexican Revolution and the era of agrarian reforms, and they continue to play key roles in the ecology and economy of northern Mexico.

In this study of the Río Sonora region of northern Mexico, where ranchers own anywhere from several hundred to tens of thousands of acres, Eric Perramond evaluates management techniques, labor expenditures, gender roles, and decision-making on private ranches of varying size. By examining the economic and ecological dimensions of daily decisions made on and off the ranch he shows that, contrary to prevailing notions, ranchers rarely collude as a class unless land titles are at issue, and that their decision-making is as varied as the landscapes they oversee.

Through first-hand observation, field measurements, and intimate ethnographies, Perramond sheds light on a complex set of decisions made, avoided, and confronted by these land managers and their families. He particularly shows that ranching has endured because of its extended kinship network, its reliance on all household members, and its close ties to local politics.

Perramond follows ranchers caught between debt, drought, and declining returns to demonstrate the novel approaches they have developed to adapt to changing economies and ecologies alike—such as strategically marketing the ranches for wild-game hunting or establishing small businesses that subsidize their lifestyles and livelihoods. Even more importantly, he reveals the false dichotomy between private and communal ranching. Political Ecologies of Cattle Ranching in Northern Mexico is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of ranching in western North America. ... Read more

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By critically appraising current theories of both Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and agglomeration, this book explores the variety of links that exist between these two externality-creating phenomena. Using in-depth empirical research on Mexico, Jacob Jordaan constructs and analyzes several datasets on Mexican manufacturing industries at various geographical scales, creating innovative models on FDI externalities that incorporate explicitly regional considerations. The empirical findings identify both direct FDI spillover effects as well as the effects of agglomeration on these externalities. In extension of this, the analysis also contains analysis of FDI productivity effects that arise through inter-firm linkages between FDI and local Mexican suppliers. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Applied Geography, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The objective of study was to explore short-term trends of processes that determine land-use change in Sierra Norte of Oaxaca (SNO), Mexico. Land use and land cover changes (LULCC) were estimated in a complex mosaic of vegetation in the SNO from 1980 to 2000, and projected them to 2020 through a Markovian model. SNO is highly vulnerable to climatic change according to a 2050 GCM scenario. However, 3% annual rate of tropical and temperate forest deforestation from agriculture and livestock encroachment, suggest the threat from land-use change is higher than that from climatic change for this study site. Productive land-use strategies are needed to reduce such high deforestation rates for tropical regions. Controlling deforestation would also reduce short-term effects of CO"2 emissions to the atmosphere. Because of the necessity to evaluate anthropogenic ecosystem changes, it is imperative to separate short-term influences such as deforestation, from long-term influences such as climatic change. ... Read more

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The study of political geography of the United States-Mexican relations across the borderlands of the Rio Grande, deals with perhaps the world's most dramatic frontier between a developed and a developing country. The most serious problems on a constantly changing international agenda include: boundary demarcation problems; the management of scarce resources; mass movements of undocumented Mexicans into the United States, and the dramatic traffic in drugs or prostitution. The formulation of such a policy-related model of transactions across a frontier zone can be applied to any international boundary. Similarly, the disentangling of the complex web of relationships between one of the world's superpowers and a developing country, makes this book of wide general interest in the current North-South dialogue. ... Read more

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This book deals with the application of boundary element technology to the study of scattering from alluvial valleys and topographic structures. It contains some numerical refinements that allow practical computation of two- and three-dimensional studies. Results with this technique are compared to solutions available in the literature and it has proved to be accurate and efficient. Results obtained with data yielded by the Mexico City network during recent earthquakes is used to compare the measured seismic amplification to the results given by the boundary element method. It indeed shows that most of the soil deposits in the city behave as the one-dimensional theory predicts but there are some localized sites where two- or three-dimensional effects are seen in the seismic data and reproduced by the boundary element modelling. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on July 1, 2010. The length of the article is 1968 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Personality, geographical art, and lessons from Sauer's Mexico.(Carl O. Sauer)(Critical essay)
Author: Daniel D. Arreola
Publication: The Geographical Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2010
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: 100Issue: 3Page: 291(4)

Article Type: Critical essay

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on April 1, 1993. The length of the article is 5840 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Air pollution in the Valley of Mexico results from the interaction of a rapidly growing urban population with a problematic geographical setting. Use of fossil fuels in an elevated, tropical, mountain-rimmed basin generates pollution levels that exceed recommended standards. Control strategies include driving bans, expansion of public transportation, use of alternative fuels, factory closures, and industrial relocations. These strategies generally do not consider geographical variables.

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Title: Air pollution in the Valley of Mexico.
Author: Charles O. Collins
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1993
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: v83Issue: n2Page: p119(15)

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 4859 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Evolution of disturbed oak woodlands: the case of Mexico City's western forest reserve.
Author: Arturo Garcia-romero
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: 167Issue: 1Page: 72

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on March 1, 1999. The length of the article is 549 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Mexico Megacity.(Review)(Brief Article)
Author: Rosemary D.F. Bromley
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1999
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: 165Issue: 1Page: 102(1)

Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2005. The length of the article is 8202 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: KEY WORDS: Mexico, Guanajuato, contract farming, out-grower schemes, vegetables, grains

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Title: Agribusiness and farmers in Mexico: the importance of contractual relations.
Author: Flavia Echanove
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 171Issue: 2Page: 166(11)

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Mexico: A Global Studies Handbook is an ideal introduction to the United States' southern neighbor for students, travelers, businesspeople, or other interested readers. It debunks a variety of myths and misconceptions that have evolved over time, clarifying the realities of both historic and contemporary Mexico.

Mexico offers an authoritative yet engaging tour of Mexican history and geography, as well its current economic and business climate, governmental structure, popular culture, and society. It also provides an alphabetically organized "mini-encyclopedia" for quick access to information on notable Mexican people, places, and events. Together, these sections provide everything readers need to understand Mexico's pre-Colombian origins, colonial legacies of dependence and Westernization, and its continuing efforts to craft a national identity.

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