Resumen

OJEDA-REVAH, Lina  y  ESPEJEL-CARBAJAL, Martha Ileana. The binational basin of río Tijuana: A bio-historical view. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2008, vol.8, n.26, pp.517-548. ISSN 2448-6183.

The basin of Río Tijuana, due to its binational character, allows us to compare and contrast two ways of space appropriation in a homogeneous physical unit, but very different from a socio-economical point of view. Historically, the population growth has been intimately linked to migrations rather than to natural growth and it has been fundamentally determined by economic events in the United Stated of America. The pattern of land usage is very different in both countries. In Mexico, the accelerated population growth and the lack of investment in infrastructure has given birth to a compact urban pattern and an increase in zones prone to flooding and landslides. In the United States the population growth, although also accelerated, was followed by strong investment in infrastructure. This translates into a more disperse urban pattern that derived into an urban interface in a forest zone naturally predisposed to fires.

Palabras llave : río Tijuana basin; land usage; bio-history; border; urbanisation.

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