Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-257) and index.

Ch. 1. Global Trends and Border Consequences -- Ch. 2. Shared Encounters: Ambos Nogales -- Ch. 3. The Troubled Waters of Ambos Nogales -- Ch. 4. Divided Neighbors -- Ch. 5. Stranded Communities and Failed Crossings -- Ch. 6. Reinventing the Border: A Framework for Transboundary Water Management -- Appendix A Implementation of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank -- Appendix B Proposal for a U.S.-Mexico International Boundary Environmental Commission: A Binational U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Management Institution. Explains the nature of water development and utilization on the U.S.-Mexico border, using the border city of Nogales as its focus in delineating the social, economic, political, and institutional problems that stand in the way of effective management, and arguing for the development of a more integrated and participatory approach to managing binational water resources.