Globalization and its Effects on the Urban Socio-Spatial Structure of a Transfrontier Metropolis: El Paso, TX-Ciudad Juárez, Chih.-Sunland-Park, NM

  • César M. Fuentes
  • Sergio Peña
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Abstract

The expansion of export processing zones, such as those located at international borders, as a result of globalization process, has produced a change in the development of economic activities with urban socio-spatial implications on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border cities. It has been argued that the rapid urbanization of the U.S.-Mexican border cities has generated a number of serious problems on the Mexican side of the border, including lack of drinking water, inadequate water sanitation services, substandard housing, ineffective waste management, etc. (Canales, 1999). Besides, urban development has created enormous pressure on the transborderland markets (Fuentes and Cervera, 2006).

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Foreign Direct Investment Real Estate Dependency Ratio Land Market Global City 
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