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Construcciones y demoliciones: participación social y deliberación pública en los proyectos del acueducto de El Novillo y de la planta desaladora de Hermosillo, 1994-2001
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2007-01-01)
Social participation and public deliberation are crucial for the feasibility of public projects, and for achieving democratic governance in an environment of democratic transition. This article specifically reviews two ...
El arte de contar cuentos y rendir cuentas. La revisión de las cuentas públicas del Gobierno de Sonora, 2004-2010
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2013-01-30)
This article examines the oversight of public accounts in five agencies of the Sonora State Government between 2004 and 2012. The research question is how effective is the audit carried out by the Superior Institute of ...
The decline of PRI’s hegemony in the state governments of Mexico, 1989-2014La declinación de la hegemonía del PRI en los gobiernos estatales de México, 1989-2014
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-05-07)
This paper inquiries about Mexican political transition among state governments and it asks the question: how much the hegemony of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has declined among state governments? To answer ...
Water Treatment Plants in the Sonora River: A Disaster Recovery ReviewLas plantas potabilizadoras en el río Sonora: una revisión de la recuperación del desastre
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2021-04-07)
Objective: to examine which of the elements of the water treatment plants installation strategy proposed in the Sonora River Trust were effectively executed. Methodology: though fieldwork and documentary compilation, plants’ ...
¿Por qué son mejores los organismos de agua de Baja California que los de Sonora? Instituciones locales y desempeño de los organismos públicos
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2012-01-01)
The purpose of this work is to compare the performance of urban water utilities in the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California and discuss the likely variables that explain the differences. These two states share ...
Factores que afectan la demanda de agua para uso doméstico en México
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2010-09-01)
A function for residential water demand in Mexico was estimated with data from a sample of cities. Price and income elasticities were estimated to be -0.33 and 0.2 respectively. These and other factors associated to the ...
Escenarios de demanda y políticas para la administración del agua potable en México: el caso de Hermosillo, Sonora
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2010-01-01)
Hermosillo, Sonora is a city with a high demographic growth rate but with limited water resources. Three policy scenarios are projected in order to observe the effects of efficiency improvements and price adjustment policies ...
Una aproximación a la administración municipal comparada. Los casos de los gobiernos locales de Austin y Hermosillo
(El Colegio de Sonora, 1998-07-01)
This work makes a brief comparative description of local governments and administrations of the city of Austin, Texas, and the municipality of Hermosillo, Sonora. The leading purpose is to review the extent of autonomy and ...
La política urbana de agua potable en México: del centralismo y los subsidios a la municipalización, la autosuficiencia y la privatización
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2002-05-01)
This article presents the institutional and legal evolution of urban water supply services in Mexico during the second half of the twentieth century. It sets out a brief scheme for public policy analysis and, in its main ...
Institutional Capacity of Basin Councils in Mexico. The Case of the High Northwest Basin Council, 1999-2017La capacidad institucional de los consejos de cuenca en México. El caso del Alto Noroeste, 1999-2017
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2019-09-04)
This article examines the capacity of Mexico’s basin councils to manage water issues in its territory, particularly the case of the High Northwest Basin Council. For this purpose, the academic literature on the components ...