Artículos de investigación: Recent submissions
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Verticality policy: drones, territory and population in Latin America
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2016-01-01)This article discusses how unmanned aerial vehicles or drones in Latin America introduce a vertical gaze, which fuses different layers of geographic, social and political information into a three-dimensional model. This ... -
Expected effects of shale gas extraction in northeastern Mexico: a qualitative approach
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2018-02-12)This article identifies and assesses the expected effects of shale gas extraction in Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila in the face of the imminent arrival of new companies to Burgos Basin in northeastern Mexico. Using ... -
Of vicars and bishops. The establishment of the Diocese of Tijuana, 1940-1964
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2016-04-08)During the second half of the nineteenth century and the first of the following, in Baja California a missionary Catholic church was intended unsuccessfully to be transformed into a diocesan church. However, starting from ... -
Tourist satisfaction of the border visitor in Baja California, Mexico
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2016-01-01)Due to the abstract and multidimensional character of its instrumentation, evaluating the satisfaction of international visitors is one of the most prolific and effervescent fields in tourism research. Using survey data ... -
Compendium of Porfirista power in Hermosillo's urban space
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2016-01-01)This article offers an interpretation of the exercise of power by the State and the ruling elite during the Porfiriato, through an analysis of Hermosillo’s urban space. The analysis highlights the symbolic functions of the ... -
Living on the margins of the State: a study from the Mexico-United States border
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2016-01-01)The aim of this article is to reflect on the ways in which the marginal condition of certain social actors is constructed vis-à-vis the State, and in particular to explore their relationship with the local police in Tijuana, ... -
The situation, evolution and composition of vulnerable families and their primary socialization in Matamoros, Tamaulipas
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2016-01-01)This article attempts to present the challenges faced by different social actors in socializing children and adolescents in a border city like Matamoros, taking into account the situation, evolution and composition of the ... -
From fire suppression to fire management in La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas: peasant perspectives
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-09-01)Policies on firefighting within protected natural areas have shifted from a suppression approach to one of fire management, which has had consequences for the practices and perspectives of peasant populations. The study ... -
Effects of public financing for innovation: microeconomic perspective based on a study of small businesses
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-09-01)In theory, public financing aimed at encouraging business innovation is justified, but in practice controversy exists over the evaluation of impacts derived from the use of these resources. The aim of this paper is to ... -
Socio-economic determinants of surface water quality in Mexico
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-05-07)The quality and availability of water in Mexican rivers is critical for regional and national development, but they pose serious problems. In 2006, 74 percent of the surface water in Mexico had different levels of pollution. ... -
Hot springs tourism in Michoacan's Health Route: potential for regional development
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2016-01-01)The Ruta de la Salud [Health Route] in Michoacán is a tourist corridor whose main attraction is the use of hot springs. Currently, only a fraction of them is exploited, mainly in thermal baths, and it is assumed that there ... -
Water management and the nation’s resources: the Federal Board of Material Improvements, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 1931-1936
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-09-01)The government constituted the Federal Board of Material Improvements in order to manage and control the economic resources and the construction of public works at México’s borders and ports. The general purpose of this ... -
Mexican onion: a competitiveness analysis in the American market, 2002-2013
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-09-01)The onion (Allium cepa) is the second most produced vegetable worldwide. The United States is the world’s largest importer of onions, and Mexico, Canada and Peru are its major suppliers. This article evaluates the ... -
Types of corruption and satisfaction with public services. Mexican case evidence
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-09-01)This article analyzes the effects of how corruption concerning satisfaction with the public services offered by local Mexican governments, such as police protection, public lighting, drinking water, care of parks and gardens ... -
Ethnic groups in Sonora: territory, underdevelopment, and current living conditions
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2016-01-01)this article provides a brief description of the territory and living conditions of indigenous peoples in Sonora, Mexico, based on their history, as well as land use, demographic, economic, education, housing, health and ... -
Social organization patterns in the management of urban solid waste in Distrito Federal and Estado de Mexico region
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2016-01-01)This article identifies some of the patterns of social organization which are present in the social system responsible for the management of urban solid waste in Mexico’s Distrito Federal and Estado de México. It was assumed ... -
Origin, protagonists and alliances: Bank of San Luis Potosi, 1897-1916
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-05-07)This article explains the origin of banking in San Luis Potosi from the legislation in 1897, which historically represents the institutionalization and modernization of Mexican banking companies. As a starting point, it ... -
Institutional capacities and performance of water utilities in Hermosillo, Sonora, and Mexicali, Baja California
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-01-01)The institutional capacity approach is used to analyze the political factors affecting the allocation of resources (legal, organizational and human) for two water utilities in the north of Mexico (Comisión Estatal de ... -
Social policy for children in scenes of violence: the case of FANVI in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 2011-2014
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-05-07)The objective of this article is to understand, from the perspective of the actor, the implementation of a trust called Fund for the Care of Boys and Girls, Children of the Victims of the Fight against Crime (FANVI, acronym ... -
The impact of information and communication technologies on the manufacturing industry of Baja California
(El Colegio de Sonora, 2017-05-07)This paper analyzes the performance of the adoption of information and communication technologies in manufacturing sub-sectors of Baja California in order to determine their effects on the economic results and the changes ...