The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: a geo-strategic space under the influence of local and foreign interests. Successes and failures in the application of industrial deveiopment policies (1820-2002)

The present work analyzes the historical circumstances that served as bases for industrial deveiopment projects ¡mplemented in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, since the nineteenth-century expeditions to the deveiopment of the Puebla-Panamá Plan. Its geo-strategic and economic-productive importance have...

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Autores: Martínez Laguna, Norma, Sánchez Salazar, María Teresa, Casado Izquierdo, José María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Investigaciones Geográficas
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/30451
Acceso en línea:https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/30451
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Isthmus of Tehuantepec
industrial deveiopment
strategic regions
Istmo de Tehuantepec
desarrollo industrial
regiones estratégicas
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Sumario:The present work analyzes the historical circumstances that served as bases for industrial deveiopment projects ¡mplemented in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, since the nineteenth-century expeditions to the deveiopment of the Puebla-Panamá Plan. Its geo-strategic and economic-productive importance have made of the Isthmus a space where national and foreign business interests meet, aimed at making possible the interoceanic exchange of intemational goods, while exploíting the existing natural and human resources at the same time. The concentration of industrial infrastructure in áreas linked to oil and petrochemicals processing and transfer, as well as port-related activities at Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz, have resulted in these productive sectors being rated as top-priorities within the numerous state plans for the region's economic deveiopment.