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Table 3. Percentage Change in Border Population by Twin City 1990-1995 1995-2000 1990-2000 Twin City United Mexico Urban United Mexico Urban United Mexico Urban States Area States Area States Area San Diego-Tijuana 6% 40% 13% 7% 22% 11% 13% 62% 24% Calexico-Mexicali 26% 17% 19% 4% 10% 9% 30% 27% 28% Nogales-Nogales 19% 32% 36% 10% 20% 11% 29% 52% 47% A Snapshot of the Border El Paso-Ciudad Juárez 11% 40% 27% 4% 20% 14% 15% 60% 41% 22% 30% 28% 8% 10% 10% 30% 40% 38% Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras Laredo-Nuevo 30% 44% 38% 15% 13% 14% 45% 57% 52% Laredo McAllen-Reynosa 31% 17% 26% 17% 25% 20% 48% 42% 46% 31 Brownsville- 19% 28% 24% 10% 15% 13% 29% 43% 37% Matamoros Total Border 12% 26% 18% 9% 17% 12% 21% 43% 30% Source: Authors
Improving Transboundary Air Quality with Binational Emission Reduction Credit Trading were Tijuana (62%), Ciudad Juárez (60%), and Nuevo Laredo (57%). In terms of impact on the environment, the most relevant population figures are not those for one side of the border or the other, but rather the population figures for the combined population of each twin city. Four twin cities had growth rates exceeding 40%. These were Laredo-Nuevo Laredo (52%), Nogales-Nogales (47%), McAllen-Reynosa (46%), and El Paso-Ciudad Juárez (41%). Combined population growth of the United States and Mexico was 30% between 1990 and 2000. While the population growth rate has been rapid, it slowed down somewhat in the second half of the 1990s. The most dramatic decline in growth was in Nogales-Nogales and Laredo-Nuevo Laredo. Both these twin cities experienced rapid, perhaps unsustainable, growth during the early 1990s and both saw a dramatic slowdown in the late 1990s. Population growth on the border as a whole slowed by 5%, from less than 18% during the early 1990s to more than 12% during the late 1990s. What is the outlook for urban growth on the border? Peach and Williams (2002), working with data from the U.S. and Mexican 2000 censuses, developed population projections for U.S. border counties and Mexican border municipios. Their medium growth scenario has the border population increasing to 14 million by 2010, 17 million by 2020, and 19 million by 2030. Peach and Williams project that the list of border cities with a population of more than 1 million—which now includes San Diego-Tijuana, Nogales-Nogales, and El Paso-Ciudad Juárez—will be joined by McAllen-Reynosa by 2005 and Calexico-Mexicali by 2010. Their projections suggest that border region population will grow by 20% between 2000 and 2010, which equals only about two-thirds the rate of the 1990s. Thus, it appears that the slower but still-substantial growth that characterized the late 1990s will continue into the current decade, which means population growth on the border is expected to continue and the already-apparent pressure from human populations on the environment will intensify. Meeting the needs of current and expected future populations yet maintaining adequate environmental standards is a premiere challenge for the border region (Hetch 2000). 32
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