Regions and Cohesion最新文献

{"title":"Transboundary river basins, their hidden realities","authors":"E. Kauffer","doi":"10.3167/RECO.2019.090111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/RECO.2019.090111","url":null,"abstract":"A World Family Portrait is a joint project of the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (RISC) and Regions & Cohesion. It aims to promote interdisciplinary and cross-cultural communication through images and essays on the different faces of humanity, including, but not limited to, our similarities and our differences, our strengths and our weaknesses, our hopes and our concerns, our legacies and our aspirations, as well as our interactions with each other and our world. This project seeks to establish a dialogue between human experiences, academic reflections and shared ethics, such as mutual respect, the protection of human dignity and solidarity.","PeriodicalId":37930,"journal":{"name":"Regions and Cohesion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89265445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Local perspectives on confronting water scarcity","authors":"A. Cortez-Lara, José Luís Castro-Ruíz, Vicente Sánchez-Munguía","doi":"10.3167/RECO.2019.090105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/RECO.2019.090105","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the social and institutional factors that determine whether local actors in the region take local and binational actions to manage scarce and highly contested water resources, focusing in the Mexican portion of the Colorado River. Based on the common pool resources and institutional approaches, the research project analyzes\u0000qualitative data from individual interviews with local key informants as well as official documents. The results reveal: (1) the variety of\u0000institutional behaviors, actions, and strategies implemented at the local\u0000and binational level; and (2) how complementary perspectives contribute to sustainable water management. The findings of the study contribute to the common pool resources literature by showing the importance of the actors’ collaboration to address water scarcity in a context of rapidly changing conditions.","PeriodicalId":37930,"journal":{"name":"Regions and Cohesion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91344717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multi-level health governance and health diplomacy","authors":"A. B. Amaya, P. Lombaerde","doi":"10.3167/RECO.2019.090107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/RECO.2019.090107","url":null,"abstract":"This introduction to the special section explores the nexus between global health governance and international health diplomacy. In these dynamic governance spaces, particular attention is paid to the\u0000multi-level and multi-actor character of global health governance and\u0000how health diplomacy functions in such a complex context. It is pointed out that the regional level plays both vertical (i.e., as an intermediary between the global and national levels) and horizontal (i.e., interregional) roles. The contributions to the special section develop the conceptual understanding of those interactions and analyze a number of concrete cases, including the African Union, ASEAN, the European Union, SADC, and UNASUR.","PeriodicalId":37930,"journal":{"name":"Regions and Cohesion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74472200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health diplomacy","authors":"A. B. Šehović","doi":"10.3167/reco.2019.090110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/reco.2019.090110","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the role of health diplomacy in promoting the right to health. It first looks at the historical trajectory of the right to\u0000health as it evolves and intersects with state and human and health security. Second, it analyzes the definitions and roles of health diplomacy. It argues that health diplomacy is undergoing a cycle of (re)invention and innovation, bringing in both new and traditional actors. Yet it points out a gap in the subject of health diplomacy, asking what is the right to health, and what does its definition mean for the (changing) role of health diplomacy? It concludes by offering initial insight into what health diplomacy might be in the nearer future.","PeriodicalId":37930,"journal":{"name":"Regions and Cohesion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75683635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluación crítica del acuífero transfronterizo río San Pedro","authors":"Gonzalo Hatch Kuri, J. C. Rivera, R. Alvarez","doi":"10.3167/RECO.2019.090106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/RECO.2019.090106","url":null,"abstract":"Recientemente, se concluyó la evaluación hidrogeológica binacional de cuatro acuíferos transfronterizos Estados Unidos-México, entre ellos el Acuífero Río San Pedro. Una revisión exhaustiva y crítica del reporte final indica un trabajo de cooperación cercana, no obstante, parece haberse logrado poco con respecto a los aspectos científicos y políticos, ambos imprescindibles en la evaluación de los acuíferos transfronterizos. Este artículo provee, desde un enfoque interdisciplinario (Geografía Política e Hidrogeología), un análisis crítico de las implicaciones científicas y políticas de los resultados de la evaluación del acuífero. Se concluye que, para prevenir el conflicto y fortalecer la evaluación hidrogeológica, es necesario\u0000robustecer la conceptualización y visión sistémica del agua subterránea, su monitoreo y la homologación e intercambio de datos para el manejo transfronterizo del acuífero.","PeriodicalId":37930,"journal":{"name":"Regions and Cohesion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90403822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On quasi-constitutional treaties","authors":"S. Mumme","doi":"10.3167/RECO.2019.090104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/RECO.2019.090104","url":null,"abstract":"Through analysis of North American water treaties, this article specifies criteria for determining the quasi-constitutionality of freshwater treaties in order to determine if some of them have quasi-constitutional standing. These criteria, temporal, substantive, and contextual, are applied to treaties found in the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database at Oregon State University (TFDD). Of 74 agreements (with 50 years standard duration), only six agreements meet or come close to meeting the quasi-constitutional standard, not counting the North American treaties. We conclude that while quasi-constitutional treaties are rare among the more than 600 in the TFDD, they reinforce international water law and strengthen social cohesion among the contracting states. They also highlight the importance of both substantive and contextual conditions in consolidating support for such treaties.","PeriodicalId":37930,"journal":{"name":"Regions and Cohesion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75826341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health interregionalism in combating communicable diseases","authors":"Vincent Rollet","doi":"10.3167/reco.2019.090109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/reco.2019.090109","url":null,"abstract":"This last decade, regional organizations progressively became\u0000unavoidable actors of regional health governance and have been supported by some global health actors to strengthen such a role. Among these actors, the European Union (EU) is the only regional organization that implements health initiatives in cooperation with its regional counterparts. This article focuses on such “health interregionalism” toward Southeast Asia and Africa and in the field of communicable diseases, with the main objective of assessing its nature and identifying its main functions. It concludes that although appreciated and needed, the EU’s health interregionalism should better reflect the EU’s experience in regional health governance in order to represent a unique instrument of development aid and an added value for regional organizations","PeriodicalId":37930,"journal":{"name":"Regions and Cohesion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74332464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Oportunidades del Acuerdo de Cooperación Ambiental de América del Norte en la era post–TLCAN","authors":"F. Gálvez, Liliana Rivera-Lozano","doi":"10.3167/RECO.2018.080307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/RECO.2018.080307","url":null,"abstract":"*Full article in SpanishEnglish Abstract:NAAEC acts as an independent platform for the international\u0000cooperation between the United States, Mexico and Canada over a wide\u0000range of environmental protocols. The CEC was formed as a practical and\u0000valuable tool to achieve NAAEC goals. Therefore, the CEC supervises the\u0000development of environmental policies and their accurate implementation\u0000among the three nations. In addition, the CEC promotes the participation\u0000of private citizens in collaboration with their governments to develop\u0000diverse strategies for conservation, protection, and improvement\u0000of our shared environment. Whether or not it is necessary to maintain\u0000regular operations of NAEEC is a subject currently evaluated during the\u0000present renegotiations of NAFTA, which provides new opportunities in\u0000view of the contemporary political, economic and environmental scene.Spanish Abstract:El ACAAN actúa como una plataforma independiente de cooperación\u0000internacional entre Estados Unidos, México y Canadá para el\u0000desarrollo de protocolos de protección del medio ambiente. La CCA se\u0000concibe como una práctica herramienta para la instrumentación de las\u0000metas trazadas por el ACAAN. En consecuencia, la CCA se encarga de\u0000gestionar, supervisar e implementar diversas estrategias de conservación,\u0000protección, y mejoramiento del medio ambiente por medio de la colaboración\u0000entre la sociedad civil y el sector gubernamental. En la actualidad,\u0000el debate en torno a si la reciente revisión y ratificación del TLCAN\u0000requerirá mantener el existente funcionamiento del ACAAN permite el\u0000planteamiento de nuevas áreas de oportunidad en vista del actual contexto\u0000político, económico y ambiental global.French Abstract:L’ANACDE sert de plate-forme indépendante pour la coopération\u0000internationale entre les États-Unis, le Mexique et le Canada sur\u0000un large éventail de protocoles environnementaux. La CCE a été créée\u0000comme outil pratique et utile pour atteindre les objectifs de l’ANACDE.\u0000Par conséquent, la CCE supervise l’élaboration des politiques environnementales\u0000et leur mise en oeuvre précise parmi les trois pays. En outre,\u0000la CCE encourage la participation des citoyens à l’élaboration de stratégies\u0000diverses en faveur de la conservation, la protection et l’amélioration\u0000de notre environnement commun. La question de savoir s’il est nécessaire\u0000ou non de maintenir les opérations régulières de l’ANACDE est\u0000actuellement débattue lors des renégociations de l’ALENA, qui ouvre de\u0000nouvelles perspectives sur les scènes politique, économique et environnementale\u0000contemporaines.","PeriodicalId":37930,"journal":{"name":"Regions and Cohesion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80568424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating through contradictory rationalities","authors":"Martina Larsson","doi":"10.3167/RECO.2018.080305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/RECO.2018.080305","url":null,"abstract":"English Abstract: This article discusses the idea of policy coherence for development,\u0000and its relation to the experience of development along the Grijalva\u0000River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Through an analysis of different\u0000understandings of the garbage in the river, and of the attempts to deal\u0000with the garbage, I highlight tensions between different generations of\u0000policies, between different levels of government, and between implementing\u0000the goals of governmental representatives and a meaningful\u0000participation by citizens. To understand these tensions, the article draws\u0000attention to the coexistence of experience-based rationalities, which are\u0000important to take into account when formulating policies, and when\u0000moving from policies to concrete projects.Spanish Abstract:Este artículo discute la idea de la coherencia en las políticas\u0000públicas para el desarrollo, y su relación con la experiencia de desarrollo\u0000sobre el Río Grijalva, en el estado de Chiapas, México. A través de un\u0000análisis de diversos entendimientos de la basura en el Río, subrayo las\u0000tensiones entre diferentes generaciones de políticas públicas; entre diferentes\u0000niveles de gobierno; y las tensiones entre la implementación de\u0000metas de los representantes gubernamentales y una participación significativa por parte de los ciudadanos. Para entender estas tensiones, el artículo\u0000enfatiza la co-existencia de racionalidades basadas en la experiencia\u0000práctica, que son importantes considerar al formular políticas públicas, y\u0000al moverse de las políticas públicas a proyectos concretos.French Abstract:Cet article examine l’idée de cohérence dans les stratégies politiques\u0000pour le développement et sa relation avec l’expérience du développement\u0000autour du fleuve Grijalva, dans l’état du Chiapas, au Mexique. À\u0000travers l’analyse des multiples significations des déchets dans le fleuve,\u0000je souligne les tensions entre différentes générations de politiques publiques,\u0000entre différents niveaux de gouvernement, et entre la mise en\u0000oeuvre des objectifs par les représentants gouvernementaux et la participation\u0000significative des citoyens. Pour comprendre ces tensions, l’article\u0000insiste sur la coexistence de rationalités fondées sur l’expérience pratique,\u0000qu’il est important de prendre en compte dans l’élaboration des\u0000politiques publiques, et lors du passage de ces politiques publiques aux\u0000projets concrets.","PeriodicalId":37930,"journal":{"name":"Regions and Cohesion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88456393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"¿Puede el desarrollo ser sostenible, integral y coherente?","authors":"Arturo Hernández-Huerta, octavio pérez-maQueo, M. Zamora","doi":"10.3167/RECO.2018.080302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3167/RECO.2018.080302","url":null,"abstract":"*Full article is in SpanishEnglish Abstract:At the RISC 2017 International Congress, we reflected on the\u0000possibility of achieving a “sustainable, integral and coherent development.”\u0000We primarily report here on the panel of Mexican experts who\u0000shared their experiences on issues such as the impact of the international\u0000agenda on the local policy priorities, the relevance of the participation of\u0000local stakeholders and the occurrence of inconsistencies throughout the\u0000process of design and implementation of development policies. In addition,\u0000other experiences were presented on these issues, some of which\u0000are included in this special issue. The general conclusion was that not\u0000only is it possible to articulate a sustainable, integral and coherent development\u0000but also that approaches and tools are already emerging that\u0000favor it through an evidence-based policy management and the use of the\u0000growing “environmental big data” that already exists.Spanish Abstract: En el Congreso internacional RISC 2017 se reflexionó sobre la\u0000posibilidad de lograr un “desarrollo sostenible, integral y coherente”. En\u0000este artículo nos referimos principalmente al panel de expertos mexicanos\u0000que compartieron sus experiencias con nosotros sobre asuntos como\u0000el impacto de la agenda internacional sobre la local, la relevancia de la\u0000participación de los actores locales y la ocurrencia de incoherencias a lo\u0000largo del proceso de diseño y aplicación de las políticas para el desarrollo.\u0000Además, se expusieron otras experiencias sobre estos asuntos, que\u0000han sido recogidas en este número especial. La conclusión general es que\u0000se estima que no sólo es posible articular un desarrollo sostenible, integral\u0000y coherente, sino que están emergiendo enfoques y herramientas\u0000que favorecen propiciarlo a través de la gestión basada en evidencia y el\u0000aprovechamiento del creciente “big data ambiental” que ya está existe.French Abstract:Lors du congrès international Consortium pour la Recherche\u0000comparative sur l’intégration régionale et la cohésion sociale (RISC) 2017,\u0000organisé en coopération avec le programme d’innovation pour l’intégrité\u0000dans la gestion de l’environnement pour le développement et soutenu\u0000par des données massives (big data) et un apprentissage automatisé\u0000(i-Gamma), nous avons réfléchi à la possibilité de parvenir à un “développement\u0000durable, intégral et cohérent”. L’événement a ouvert de multiples\u0000opportunités de discussions sur le sujet, mais cette introduction est\u0000basée sur le panel d’experts mexicains qui ont partagé leurs expériences\u0000avec nous sur des questions telles que l’impact de l’agenda international\u0000à l’échelle locale, la pertinence de la participation des acteurs locaux et le\u0000surgissement d’incohérences tout au long du processus de conception et\u0000de mise en oeuvre des politiques de développement. Nous ferons également\u0000référence à d’autres expériences présentées autour de ces questions,\u0000en mettant l’accent sur les contributions de ce numéro spécial. En conclusion\u0000générale, nous p","PeriodicalId":37930,"journal":{"name":"Regions and Cohesion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82987163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}