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Article: Central business districts of the two Laredos. (Laredo, Texas; Nuevo Laredo, Mexico)
- Article from:
- The Geographical Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 American Geographical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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PAIRED cities along the United States-Mexico border are often referred to as twins, implying that they share common functional and morphological characteristics. Unsubstantiated assumptions of this sort, which stem from an absence of detailed city-level comparisons of landuse patterns, prompt examination of the structure of the central business districts (CBDs) in two cities on opposites sides of the Rio Grande: Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The goal is to identify the differences and similarities in types and distributions of selected commercial activities and to speculate on the factors that explain the creation of these distinctive retail landscapes, ...
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Transcript: Profile: Violence on the rise in Nuevo Laredo, ...
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February 21, 2005 ;
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... ... Profile: Violence on the rise in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Host: STEVE INSKEEP Time ... international divide, especially in Nuevo Laredo, which is just across the border ... tourists can walk the streets of Nuevo Laredo looking for a sombrero, a bottle ...
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