Environmental issues along the United States-Mexico border: Drivers of change and responses of citizens and institutions

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue , 1999, Pages 607-643

  Liverman, Diana M ^a   Varady, Robert G ^a   Chávez, Octavio ^b   Sánchez, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Intl City/Co Mgmt Association   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 0033315997     PISSN: 10563466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.24.1.607     Document Type: Article

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