links
Texas
Colonias: A Thumbnail Sketch of the Conditions, Issues, Challenges
& Opportunities.
http://www.dallasfed.org/htm/pubs/ca/colonias.html
News
for Migrant Farmworkers & People Living in
Colonias
http://www.hud.gov/migrant.html
Colonias
Information
Links
to Information on Colonias in the Texas-Mexico Border
Region
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/Mexico/usmex/
University
of Texas- Selected Sites on Colonias
http://www.utexas.edu/academic/uip/library/res/colonias.html
Colonias
Bibliography
http://chud.tamu.edu/bibliography/nf_bibliography.html
Texas
A&M Colonias Program
http://chud.tamu.edu/nf_chud.html
National
Colonias Clearinghouse Site
http://coserve1.panam.edu/copc/about.html
University
of Tx at El Paso Colonias Program
http://www.cerm.utep.edu/APB.htm
The
Texas Attorney General Colonia Database
The
database contains maps and information on population/size of
colonias, services like wastewater and solid waste, environmental
hazards, county statistics, elected and appointed officials,
congressional districts, and school
districts.
http://maps.oag.state.tx.us/colgeog
UT
at El Paso .Center for InterAmerican Border Studies
(CIBS)
Has
a list of publications on border research,but you have to pay to
get them.
http://www.utep.edu/cibs/home.htm
UT
at El Paso /Texas Centers for Border Economic
Development:
Has
some databases, including a Border
Factbook
http://www.utep.edu/txcr/
The
official UT Austin colonias website
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/pubs/record/Spring96/research/colonias.html
Texas/Mexico
Borderlands Information
The
colonias project link has maps of
colonias.
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/colonias/index.html
South
Texas Environmental Education and Research Center
They
are working on a project having to do with untreated water in the
colonias.
http://steer.uthscsa.edu/
BORDER
CITIES AND COUNTIES WEB SITES:
⢠City of El Paso
http://www.ci.el-paso.tx.us/index.htmâ¨
⢠County of El Paso
http://www.co.el-paso.tx.us/default.htmâ¨
⢠Rio Grande Free Netâ¨Has
a pretty complete set of links to industry, government and
educational websites in the El Paso area.
http://rgfn.epcc.edu/â¨
⢠City of Brownsville
http://www.ci.brownsville.tx.us/â¨
⢠City of Weslacoâ¨All
this has is the names and addresses of city officials.
http://www.weslaco.com/city/
⢠City of Harlingen
http://www.ci.harlingen.tx.us/default.htm
â¨
⢠City of San Benito
http://www.san-benito.ccls.lib.tx.us/