scholarly journals Strategic transborder environmental assessment for power generation in the Baja California, México and California, USA border region

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Quintero-Núñez ◽  
E. C. Nieblas-Ortíz ◽  
N. Velásquez-Limón ◽  
O. R. García-Cueto
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Border Region

Riding Waves on the Mexico–United States Border: Beaches, Local Surfers and Cross-Border Processes

2020 ◽  
pp. 019372352092860
Author(s):  
Jesús Estrada Milán ◽  
Luis Escala Rabadán
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Baja California ◽  
The United States ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Territorial Disputes ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Social ◽  
Transnational Cooperation ◽  
Political Actions

This article examines the social and cultural relations that take place in surfing communities on the Mexican side of the border with the United States. Through ethnographic work with surfers from Northern Baja California, we identified different cross-border processes encouraged by this lifestyle sport: the formation of binational surfing communities, commodity circulation, localism, territorial disputes, and shared environmental problems. We point out that surfing on the border creates a system of affinities and rivalries based on the identity and nationalism, marked by the inequality and asymmetry between these two countries. This article also addresses the transnational cooperation and political actions undertaken to protect the oceans and beaches enjoyed by surfers in this border region.

scholarly journals Cotton stalks for power generation in Baja California, Mexico by SWOT analysis methodology

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Coronado ◽  
G. Montero ◽  
C. García ◽  
R. Torres ◽  
A. Vázquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Cotton Stalks

Economical and environmental assessment of electric power generation on small scale in Brazil using wet ethanol

2021 ◽  
pp. 130217
Author(s):  
Michel Brondani ◽  
Caroline Peyrot ◽  
Jean Lucca Souza Fagundez ◽  
Ronaldo Hoffmann ◽  
Flávio Dias Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Electric Power Generation

scholarly journals Many Rivers to Cross : Evaluating the Benefits and Limitations of Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Koshi River Basin

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 1650011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh King ◽  
Laurence Smith
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Cumulative Impacts ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Practice Review ◽  
Alternative Scenarios ◽  
Koshi Basin

This paper assesses the value of using Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to account for the spatially and temporally diverse and diffuse potential impacts of hydropower development in South Asia’s Koshi basin. A policy and practice review and key stakeholder interviews identified opportunities for SEA to improve existing planning procedures, and also barriers to effective adoption. Whilst stakeholders are interested in employing SEA to evaluate cumulative impacts, institutional blockages and an economic development imperative for power generation leave little space for consideration of alternative scenarios as part of SEA. The analysis is conducted through the formulation and application of a conceptual framework (CFW) for SEA best practice which is then used to identify priority next-steps for a more dynamic application of SEA in the region.

scholarly journals 340. Association between Meningococcal Meningitis and Santa Ana Winds in Mexican Children and Adolescents from Tijuana, Baja-California, Mexico

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S240-S240
Author(s):  
Enrique Chacon-Cruz ◽  
Erika Z Lopatynsky-Reyes ◽  
Jesus G Montano-Duron
Keyword(s):  
Baja California ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Meningococcal Meningitis ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Prospective Surveillance ◽  
Surveillance Studies ◽  
Santa Ana ◽  
Mexican Children ◽  
Santa Ana Winds ◽  
High Incidence

Abstract Background The Tijuana, Baja-California, and San Diego, California, USA -border, is considered to be the most transited in the world. Based on our active surveillance studies, Tijuana has the highest incidence of meningococcal meningitis (MeM) in Mexico (Chacon-Cruz E. et al.: Ther. Adv. Vaccines 2016; 4: 15–9. J. Infect. Dis. Treat. 2017; 3: 1–4. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2011; 17: 543–6. And Ther. Adv. Vaccines 2019; 6: 1–7), and an outbreak of MeM in 2013 (Chacon-Cruz et al. Ther. Adv. Vaccines 2014; 2: 71–6). The Santa Ana Winds (SAWs) are episodic pulses of easterly, downslope, offshore flows over the coastal topography of the California Border Region: Southern California and Northern Baja-California (Mexico), occurring mostly from October to April, and are associated with very dry air, often with anomalous warming at low elevations, similar to the Harmattan winds associated with MeM outbreaks in Africa. We hypothesized that the high incidence of MeM in Tijuana is, in part, associated with SAWs. This association has never yet been described. Methods Based on 13 years of active/prospective surveillance (2005–2018) in children > 7 days and < 16 years of age at the General Hospital of Tijuana, we identified 51 cases of MeM (25% lethality), and 30 non-meningococcal meningitis (NMeM). Association between cases per month of MeM and NMeM, with SAWs seasons (from a 65 years review: Guzman-Morales J, et al. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2016; 43: 2827–34), was calculated by Risk Ratio (RR). A z test was also used to compare proportions of MeM during SAWs seasons vs. non-SAWs seasons. Results From 51 MeM, 44 (86.27%) occurred during SAWs seasons (z test = 7.32, p< 0.0002). Cases per month during 13 years (91 months for SAWs seasons and 60 months for non-SAWs seasons) were as follow (See Figure-1): SAWs seasons: non-SAWs seasons: MeM 0.483 cases/month 0.107 cases/month NMeM 0.186 cases/month 0.216 cases/month RR =1.76, p=0.0002 (95% CI 1.23 to 2.49) Conclusion 1. In Tijuana, Baja-California, Mexico, there is a strong association of Meningococcal Meningitis with seasons when Santa Ana Winds occur. 2. Routine immunization against vs. Neisseria meningitidis should be seriously considered in the region. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

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