… Researchers and policymakers looking for an overview of the region’s more pressing and
intriguing environmental issues should also find this book of interest. Mindful of the great diversity
of environmental problems in the region, we have assembled essays that analyze a
representative set of problems in depth rather than skim the majority of the region's environmental
issues. While they do not cover every country in the region, the essays examine problems in
the country for which many environmental studies have been published (Mexico) and in the …