Water resources and textile maquilas in Tehuacán

Antonio Trinidad Requena, Rosa María Soriano-Miras and María Calvo Alba

International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2021, vol. 37, issue 4, 676-694

Abstract: One of the effects of industrial relocation is environmental deterioration, as more contaminating stages of production which involve greater use of natural resources are relocated to developing countries. Through the case of Tehuacán, we look at the impact of the global on local political-institutional and social-environmental factors. The establishment of textile maquilas intensified contamination and led to over-exploitation, especially of water. To understand the conflicts of interest that were produced in this process, we look at their consequences and identify key factors: displacement of the indigenous population, domination of the textile industry and the conversion of Tehuacán into a ‘maquila city’.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2019.1618248

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