What's in a Name? A Critique of 'Colonias' in the United States
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 4381950 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Vinit Mukhija (0000-0002-9664-2846, autor correspondente), Paavo Monkkonen (0000-0002-3513-0230, University of California, Berkeley, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2007 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 475-488 |
| Data de publicação | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00719.x |
| OpenAlex | W2090920329 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 17 |
| Referências citadas | 31 |
Colonias' in the United States are a relatively recent phenomenon for planning practitioners and scholars. Most of the focus of policy and literature has been on the unregulated, substandard settlements in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Past studies of colonias in the three states have criticized policy efficacy and questioned whether colonias are appropriately or adequately defined. Our objective in this essay is complementary. We draw from the literature, and our research in California, to explain and share our concerns with the policy practice of naming settlements with poor infrastructure and living conditions as colonias, a Spanish-language name. We argue that the name can be misleading, prejudiced and risks being detrimental. We discuss our misgivings about federal public policy using a non-English title for labeling substandard settlements, and suggest that scholars and policymakers need to revisit the terminology.RésuméLes colonias constituent un phénomène relativement récent aux Etats-Unis pour les acteurs et chercheurs en aménagement. La plupart des politiques et publications se sont intéressées aux implantations sauvages de qualité déplorable apparues au Texas, au Nouveau Mexique et en Arizona. Les études existantes sur les colonias de ces trois Etats ont remis en cause l'efficacité de la politique publique et la pertinence de la définition donnée au terme colonias. Cet essai vise à les compléter. A partir des publications et de nos recherches en Californie, il explique et expose notre inquiétude de voir la pratique politique désigner par colonias, un nom espagnol, des implantations aux infrastructures et conditions de vie médiocres. A notre avis, cette appellation peut être trompeuse, porteuse de préjugés et potentiellement néfaste. L'article soumet nos interrogations vis-à-vis d'une politique publique fédérale qui emploie une désignation en langue étrangère pour cataloguer des implantations d'habitats de qualité inférieure, et invite chercheurs et décideurs politiques à revisiter cette terminologie
Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Human settlement · Humanities · Political science · Sociology · Terminology · History · Philosophy · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Urban Planning and Governance
El Título en la Mano
Multilevel determinants of paternal and child physical activity
Los Olvidados/The Forgotten
Procedural Vulnerability and Its Effects on Equitable Post-Disaster Recovery in Low-Income Communities
The Community Union model of organizing in Rio Grande Valley colonias
Politics and the perpetuation of poverty in Arizona Colonias
Dissolving “Wicked” Problems
Reading the Informal City
Public Drinking Water System Coverage and Its Discontents
From precarious tenure to new urban possibilities in manufactured housing communities
Landlords and Tenants in Informal ‘Colonia’ Settlements in Texas
Self-help housing and DIY home improvements
Building footprint-derived landscape metrics for the identification of informal subdivisions and manufactured home communities
Informal and ubiquitous
Claiming Space, Claiming Water
Informal Housing in the United States
The Right to Light
Who are we?
Urban Informality
E Nvironmental I Ssues a Long the U Nited S Tates -M Exico B Order
Metaphors, Growth Coalition Discourses and Black Poverty Neighborhoods in a U.S. City
Crossing Borders, Reinforcing Borders
Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico
Frame Reflection
Access to Health Care Among Latinos of Mexican Descent in Colonias in Two Texas Counties
The politics of water allocation in El Paso County Colonias
Land use planning on the U.S.‐Mexico border
Housing in Rural America
Tracking land ownership in self-help homestead subdivisions in the United States
Farm Workers and Agri-Business in California, 1947-1960
Settlement evolution of ‘colonias’ along the US-Mexico border
Absentee lot owners in Texas colonias
Hepatitis A among schoolchildren in a US-Mexico border community
The U.S.-Mexico Border
Recent Research on the U.S.-Mexico Border
The Squatter Settlement as Slum or Housing Solution
The Clash of Civilizations
Latin American Squatter Settlements
| Obras citantes distintas | 17 |
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| Citações por ano | 1 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 16 |