Water Conflict Between the US and Mexico: Lining of the All-American Canal

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Publication Title	Water Conflict Between the US and Mexico: Lining of the All-American Canal
Publication Type	Issue Note of the 2006 Human Development Report
Author(s)	Vicente Sánchez Munguía
Publication Date	2006
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Publication URL	http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2006/papers/Sanchez%20Munguia.pdf
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Summary

This paper focuses on the paving of the All-American Canal (AAC) in California, right on the border with Mexico and near the city of Mexicali. This is one of the most recent and serious water conflicts between the US and Mexico. In a sense, it amounts to a conflict that resembles the bilateral relationship in that it gets to the heart of competition to ensure a portion of water of a very high value in a regional context. Paradoxically this occurs in a parallel fashion to major advances in binational cooperation on environmental issues.