Cross-border narratives of development and space: transborder planning in North America

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2016
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Achieving better coordination across the common international boundary has long been a priority for policy makers and planners along the U.S.-Mexico border. Efforts to harmonize and align regional policy and planning have included attempts to encourage more effective coordination across federal, state and local agencies, sometimes adopting a piecemeal approach and sometimes embracing comprehensive perspectives (Wong 2004). Habitually, these efforts target the private sector, which it is encouraged to engage in cross-border partnerships involving other private entities, local universities or even government agencies (Sparrow 2001). Often community-based organizations have been encouraged to engage in cross-border coordination as a way to improve the effectiveness of programs targeting the quality of life of border residents or the betterment of the border environment (Lara-Valencia 2011; Chang-Hee 2003).
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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
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