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Relaciones de género y mercados de derechos de agua y tierra en Chiapas
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
We analyze the gender dimensions of the commodification of land and water rights for irrigation in the area of 101 Cuxtepeques Irrigation District, in the Frailesca region of Chiapas. We examine the implications of the ...
El papel de los migrantes mexicanos en la construcción de una agenda de políticas públicas. El caso del Programa 3x1
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
This article aims to analyze the central role being played by Mexican migrants residing in the United States in generating public policy to promote local development in their communities of origin. As a case study, we ...
El aislamiento social de los trabajadores con visas H-2A. El ejemplo de los jornaleros tamaulipecos
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
Tamaulipas accounts for a large number of H-2A visas for temporary agricultural workers as a result of its proximity to the border with the United States, which lowers transportation costs. However, guest-worker programs ...
La demanda de etanol en Estados Unidos, 1981-2009
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
This article estimates a demand function for ethanol within the U. S. economy. A cointegration exercise for different time series between 1981-2009 was performed using Johansen's methodology. We found the normalized ...
Deluges of Grandeur: Water, Territory, and Power on Northwest Mexico's Río Mayo, 1880-1910Diluvios de grandeza: agua, territorio y poder en el río Mayo en el noroeste de México, 1880-1910
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
Northwest Mexico's irrigation area, part of which is known today as Irrigation District 038, or El Valle del Mayo, arises from historical struggles to build an official order within a diverse realm of signs, symbols, ...
Agricultura y manejo sustentable del acuífero de la Costa de Hermosillo
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
The Costa de Hermosillo aquifer is one of the most overexploited in Mexico. In spite of this, it is still used for the production of low value crops with high water consumption. In this article, the optimum crop pattern ...
Pueblos indígenas de Sonora: el agua, ¿es de todos?
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
Cultural diversity and the environmental problem of water availability in the state of Sonora are concurrent themes in the present study. These are addressed from a political ecology and biocultural diversity perspective, ...
La construcción de espacios libres para la participación en las decisiones de política. El caso del acueducto Independencia en Sonora
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
This article discusses how a social movement builds the identities, discourses and social relations through which it expresses its discontent with a government action. Analysis is based on Francesca Polleta's concept of ...
La construcción social de la escasez de agua. Una perspectiva teórica anclada en la construcción territorial
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
From the perspective of this work, the main concept necessary to understand water scarcity and regional construction processes is a specific type of social relationship: confrontation. According to Max Weber, confrontation ...
Riesgos sanitarios en calidad bacteriológica del agua. Una evaluación en diez estados de la república mexicana
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
This article presents findings from an external evaluation of the Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios [Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks], carried out by El Colegio de Sonora ...