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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806205603321

Titolo

The Americas / / edited by Pascal O. Girot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

0-7165-2979-3

1-282-37269-6

1-134-88043-X

0-203-03530-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

World boundaries series ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

GirotPascal

Disciplina

327.097

Soggetti

Boundaries

North America Boundaries Central America

Central America Boundaries North America

Central America Boundaries South America

South America Boundaries Central America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Series preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Spanish terms; 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 Cuauhtemoc Leon and Marina Robles

BORDER REGIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA An agenda for future research priorities Allan LavellCHIAPAS, 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; 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 Neuquen Susana Bandieri

THE BOLIVIAN MARITIME ASPIRATION TOCHILEAN POLITICAL SPACE Towards a non-territorial solution Monica Gangas Geisse and Hernan Santis ArenasIndex

Sommario/riassunto

The Americas offers a wide-ranging and original interpretaion of matters relating to territory, boundaries and societies in the American continent.