Industrialization and land use change in Mexican border cities: The case of Ciudad Juárez, México

Growth with Equity for the Development of Mexico: Poverty, Inequality, and Economic Growth (1992–2008)

“…Therefore, it is possible to verify that, while Mexico's overall population has been rising, the rural population is on the fall (see Table 1), which is related in great part to the economic stagnation of the rural sector since the 1980s, forcing people to move out from the countryside to the cities or abroad. According to the literature (Carte et al (2010), Currit and Easterling (2009) (Esparza et al, 2001), driven by growth in the maquiladora industry (Currit & Easterling, 2009). 15 Visceral manifestations of economic status, improved welfare and material gains achieved through migration and remittances, stand out in the otherwise impoverished rural landscapes, serving as powerful signifiers of the asymmetrical opportunity structures afforded by migration as opposed to agricultural livelihoods in Mexico (Carte et al, 2010).…”

Globalization and population drivers of rural-urban land-use change in Chihuahua, Mexico

“…Rodriguez (1994/1995) quantify "a deconcentration process towards the least urbanized areas in each region [of Mexico]," including northern Mexico. Esparza et al (2001) note that "Mexico's northern border cities have undergone enormous population growth, mainly due to internal migration" (pg. 20) driven by growth in the maquiladora industry.…”

“…The present pattern of population change along the US-Mexico border is that of an increasingly concentrated urban population on the Mexico-side of the border, with widespread spillover into the United States (Esparza et al, 2001). The current and future trajectory of population change along the border depends largely on socio-economic trends that began nearly four decades ago and that are arguably linked to patterns of increasing global interconnectedness.…”