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Objective: Evaluate community action in an urban agriculture intervention project in the Campestre-Virreyes neighborhood. Methodology: A qualitative evaluation is proposed through participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Intelligence is evaluated that allows us to see the potential, learning capacity and motivations of the participants. Results: There is relevant information about the learning capabilities of the neighbors, which has been weighted based on sociodemographic data, previous knowledge and experience about urban agriculture, the motivations that accompany them and the expectations about urban agriculture in their neighborhood. Limitations: The article does not necessarily reflect a trend on community action in the neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city nor can the training process of the participants be concluded; it is only a cut in time. Conclusions, although a specific community action has been identified, which is the product of a good intervention by non-governmental actors, the participants have barely been able to develop specific capacities on urban agriculture that are not sufficient to satisfy their food needs and at the same time improve its economy, although a certain level of community action is recognized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article analyzes the participation of social actors in the management of the circular economy of urban solid waste in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The methodology consisted of semi structured interviews, virtual interactive workshops (with the implementation of electronic surveys), surveys of municipal governments representatives, and personal communications. The results show that social actors barely glimpse the economic, social, and environmental meaning of betting on the circular economy. The article contributes to the analysis of the circular economy paradigm as a current sustainability tool. It is concluded that little has been studied about the circular economy in Mexico and that the participation of non-state actors has not been valued and used efficiently. The article reflects on what should and can be done with solid waste in Mexico in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author analyzes public participation processes in 51 environmental infrastructure projects certified by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (becc) along the Sonora-Arizona border from 1996 to 2017. In particular, he looks at citizen participation in the Monitoring Committees and the way in which the becc has generated a governance model capable of achieving creative public deliberation agreed upon by the different participating actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Paradiplomacy is a new international participation phenomenon involving local governments and other non-State entities. This research aims at analyzing paradiplomacy and observing the economic development in the Reynosa-McAllen cross-border region after the North American Free Trade Agreement (nafta). A qualitative research method with a descriptive approach was used. The data collection instruments were a literature review and interviews. The findings indicate that outreach activities between Reynosa and McAllen respond mainly to teamwork between the Municipal Government of Reynosa, the Tamaulipas State Government and the McAllen Economic Development Corporation (medc), which have increased investment and employment, thereby generating economic development in this cross-border region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An assessment of the capabilities of social actors of Coahuila comes to dealing with climate change from three indicators: 1) Social, based on experiences and practices of the actors; 2) Political, refers to dialogue and legitimacy of the political process of the actors, and 3) Environmental, based on actions of environmental sustainability. The results indicate that in the social sphere, vulnerability persists; in politics, there are institutions with action to deal with climate change, but lack of consensus among stakeholders and sectors; environmental, it advanced the green agenda, not the agendas blue and gray which must strengthen governance processes to achieve anticipate the effects of climate change through increased mitigation and adaptation from public management tools as the State Program on Climate Change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the local public action in peripheral neighborhoods that do not have water services and sewerage in five cities in the state of Chihuahua. In an analysis that integrates structural and self-management experiences in these colonies, it appears that access to water to some colonies, organizational structures depends on citizens, meanwhile, the residents retain a strong distrust of the political actors and a cold relationship with institutional structures of the political system. It is concluded that the economic crisis and legitimacy of government bodies persists associated with the ineffectiveness of innovative water management in cities and political marginalization of citizens in decision-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Citizen participation is a requirement of modern democracies for the construction of public policy. In territory planning, citizen participation is done through consultation tools as participative planning workshops (PPW). This study ana- lyzes citizen participation in three cases of territory planning on the Mexico's northern border. The results show that PPW are a good tool for deliberation but that is necessary to strength the institutional frame to open more spaces for effective participation of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]