Colonias in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas: A Summary Report. Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Policy Research Report, Number 18.

Autor/inn/en	Haynes, Kingsley E.; und weitere
Institution	Texas Univ., Austin. Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
Titel	Colonias in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas: A Summary Report. Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Policy Research Report, Number 18.
Quelle	(1977), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Community Characteristics; Community Development; Community Problems; Demography; Housing; Institutional Role; Land Use; Mexican Americans; Poverty; Rural Areas; Rural Development; Sanitation; Socioeconomic Influences; Water Resources; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Development; Entwicklung; Demografie; Unterkunft; Bodennutzung; Hispanoamerikaner; Armut; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rural environment; Ländliches Milieu; Betriebshygiene; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Wasserressourcen
Abstract	The Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas consists of three counties: Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy. Poverty pervades in the Valley, especially in the colonias ("a poor, rural unincorporated community with 20 or more dwelling units, where home ownership is the rule"). Colonia residents are almost exclusively Mexican Americans. Contributing to the problems of colonia residents is the physical and legal isolation of the colonias. The colonias are physically isolated from urban areas where the residents might obtain health care, education, low-cost food, and other necessities. Since the colonias are not part of towns and cities, they cannot benefit from those governmental units' taxes, nor from the Federal and state programs administered by towns and cities. Colonias are also faced with water-related problems, i.e., access to clean drinking water and sanitary sewage disposal. A 1975-76 Policy Research Project examined the water-related problems of the colonias. This report gives a brief overview of the demographic and economic characteristics of the Valley, presents an overview of the Valley's water resources, examines the current water supply and sewage disposal systems of the colonias, considers the cost estimates for provision of water and sewage systems of the colonias, explores the institutional alternatives for water and sewage treatment, and examines the current situation of land-use management in Texas and in the Valley. Appended is a discussion of the colonias as rural housing. (NQ)
Anmerkungen	Board of Regents, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 ($3.00)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC