"This will be a much debated book among local, state, and national
politicians and government officials. It makes a significant
contribution in the fields of urban development, environmental
planning, comparative urbanization, and U.S.-Mexico border studies.
The scholarship is impressive." -- Lawrence A. Herzog, Professor of
City Planning, San Diego State University
Today in Texas, over 1500 colonias in the counties along the
Mexican border are home to some 400,000 people. Often lacking basic
services, such as electricity, water and sewerage, fire protection,
policing, schools, and health care, these "irregular" subdivisions
offer the only low-cost housing available to the mostly Hispanic
working poor.
This book presents the results of a major study of colonias in
three transborder metropolitan areas and uncovers the reasons why
colonias are spreading so rapidly. Peter Ward compares Texas
colonias with their Mexican counterparts, many of which have
developed into fully integrated working-class urban communities. He
describes how Mexican governments have worked with colonia
residents to make physical improvements and upgrade services-a
model that Texas policymakers can learn from, Ward asserts.
Finally, he concludes with a hard-hitting checklist of public
policy initiatives that need to be considered as colonia housing
policy enters its second decade in Texas.
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