Colonias in Arizona and New Mexico: Border Poverty and Community Development Solutions

by Angela J. Donelson and Adrian X. Esparza

There are approximately half a million people living in 227 officially designated colonias in southern Arizona and New Mexico. These border communities are characterized by poor-quality housing, a lack of infrastructure (paved roads, water and sewer systems, and electricity), high levels of poverty and unemployment, and a disproportionate concentration of Hispanics. These colonias comprise one of the country's largest pockets of poverty. Even so,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816526524
• ISBN13: 9780816526529
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"