SCERP PUBLICATIONS

SCERP Monograph Series
Edited by Paul Ganster

In 1998, SCERP initiated the SCERP Monograph Series. The objective of this series is to publish a selection of the best SCERP-supported research projects projects as well as other SCERP applied research and outreach activities. Each volume includes four to six essays by leading SCERP researchers. The target audience includes researchers, professionals, and advanced students interested in border environmental issues.

To view the Table of Contents of a Monograph, click on the title or the cover. Some of these pages have links to electronic files of the Monograph Chapters that can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Monograph 1: The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: A Road Map to a Sustainable 2020
Monograph 2: The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Water Issues Along the U.S.-Mexican Border
Monograph 3: The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Economy and Environment for a Sustainable Border Region: Now and in 2020
Monograph 4: The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: U.S.-Mexican Border Communities in the NAFTA Era
Monograph 5: The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Overcoming Vulnerability: The Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy's research program (1990-2002) and future agenda
Monograph 6: The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Air Quality Issues along the U.S.-Mexican Border
Monograph 7: The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Trade, Energy, and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for the Border Region, Now and in 2020
Monograph 8: The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Binational Water Management Planning
Monograph 9: The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Tribal Environmental Issues of the Border Region

Upcoming monograph topics include: The State of the Border Environment: Indicators of Progress; Border Environment Decision Support System; Binational Air Emission Permit Trading; Demographic Projections...; and Particulate Matter in the Paso del Norte.

Border Institute Executive Summaries

For more information about SCERP's Border Institute series, visit the Border Institute index page. To download the electronic versions of the Institute Summaries, click below. Most are in .pdf format.

• Border Institute I (1998): "The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: A Road Map to a Sustainable 2020"
• Border Institute II (2000): "Economy and Environment for a Sustainable Border Region: Now and in 2020"
• Border Institute III (2001): "Trade, Energy, and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities in the Border Region: Now and in 2020"
• Border Institute IV (2002):"Binational Water Management Planning: Opportunities, Costs, Benefits, and Unintended Consequences: Secure and Sustainable Water by 2020" [in English] / "Planeación Sobre la Gestión Binacional del Agua: Oportunidades, Costos, Beneficios y Consecuencias No Intencionales: Agua Segura y Sostenible para el Año 2020" [en español]
• Border Institute V (2003): "The State of the Border Environment and the Health of its Citizens: Indicators of Progress, 1993-2023"
• Border Institute VI (2004): "Binational Ecosystem Management"

Border Environmental Research Reports

In 1996, SCERP initiated a series of Environmental Research Reports that are short booklets on SCERP research projects designed for the general public. All of these have been published and distributed widely along the border, and are available below.

• Environmental Issues of the California-Baja California Border Region by Paul Ganster
• Reducing Emissions from Brick Kilns in Ciudad Juárez: Three Approaches
• Improving the Quality of Drinking Water in Colonias in the in Ciudad Juárez-El Paso Area
• The Santa Cruz River Basin: Best Practices for Maintaining its Health

Briefing Papers

Book Excerpts

Executive Summary Energy and Environment in the California-Baja California Border Region and Chapter II.1: "Overview of the Energy Sector in the Border Region," both by Alan Sweedler

SCERP Research Archive, 1991-2000

SCERP Bibliography

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