TY - BOOK ID - 135055171 TI - The Social Ecology And Economic Development Of Ciudad Juarez PY - 2019 SN - 1000233634 0429314574 9780429314575 9781000233636 9781000269574 1000269574 9781000305517 1000305511 9780367311285 9780367295820 PB - New York, NY : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Urbanization KW - Land use KW - Women offshore assembly industry workers KW - Economic conditions. KW - Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) KW - Social conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135055171 AB - As the issue of immigration between Mexico and the United States becomes more critical, it is increasingly important that we understand the process of development in Mexico's northern border region. This collection of essays offers an empirical analysis of development in Ciudad Juárez, with an emphasis on the social and spatial contexts in which economic relations occur. The analyses are framed by a general discussion of urbanization, migration, and industrialization, considered in light of the history of Mexico's northern frontier. Contributors recount the city's pattern of urban growth in response to the natural environment and the changing national culture and examine current patterns of land use, especially as compared to similar development in other Latin American cities. Other issues considered are the impact on household activities of the structure of women's participation in the maquiladora work force; the city's use of its human resources, especially in off-shore assembly activities; and the foreign orientation of the Juárez economy. ER -