Other NACTS Publications

In addition to working on projects that deal with specific public policy topics, NACTS has collaborated with a number of key organizations and individuals over the years to produce short working papers series and other types of publications. A number of these efforts are listed here.

• From Thick Borders to Shared Governance
  <p><em>From Thick Borders to Shared Governance: Challenges to Building a Sustainable and Secure U.S.-Mexico Border</em></p><p>Puentes Consortium Working Paper</p><p>Presented at the 2nd Annual Puentes Symposium on U.S.-Mexico Border Security on March 10-11, 2011 at Rice University</p>
  
• Destination Sustainability
  <p><em>Destination Sustainability: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freight Transportation in North America</em></p><p><a href="http://www.cec.org/Page.asp?PageID=749&amp;SiteNodeID=539">Commission for Environmental Cooperation Secretariat</a></p><p>March 2011</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
  
• National Solutions to Trans-Border Problems?
  <p><a href="http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409409182"><em>National Solutions to Trans-Border Problems?: The Governance of Security and Risk in a Post-NAFTA North America</em></a></p><p>Edited by Isidro Morales, Instituto Tecnológico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Campus Santa Fe, Mexico</p><p>Ashgate 2011</p>
  
• Border Security Operations and Arizona’s New Migration Law
  <p>It is worth revisiting where we are on border security in light of the events that prompted Arizona&rsquo;s announcement of a border plan, and the subsequent passage of a stringent state law concerning immigration enforcement.&nbsp; In this article we will address the security operations the United States, Canada, and Mexico are currently utilizing.&nbsp; Additionally, we look at how these security measures are implemented, and we offer recommendations which we believe will strenghten commerce and border crossings.&nbsp; Finally, we highlight Arizona&#39;s border security plan.&nbsp;</p>
  
• Crossing Borders: Connecting City and Ecology in Downtown Nogales
  <p>Francisco Lara et al, 2008<br /> Arizona State University<br /> School of Planning<br /> College of Design</p><p>ASU faculty and students created this report for the City of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico to aid in the development of the vitality in the downtown area of Nogales by transforming the district into an economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable urban space.&nbsp; The vision is also to engage citizens, businesses owners, land owners, and municipal authorities in a collaborative effort of city revitalization.</p>
  
• NACTS Cross Talk Series
  <p>The Cross Talk series was developed as a way to help both North American academics and government practitioners engage on a broad range of issues fundamental to the shared security, competitiveness and sustainability of North America. Cross Talk I was held in Tempe, Arizona in February 2008. Cross Talk II was held in Washington, DC in February 2009 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in conjunction with the launch of NACTS&#39; report, &quot;North America Next: A Report to President Obama on Building Sustainable Security and Competitiveness.&quot;</p>
  
• North American Transportation Competitiveness Research Council/NACTS Working Papers Series (2007-2009)
  <p>NACTS and the&nbsp;North American Transportation Competitiveness Research Council (NATCRC) have explored a number of North American freight transportation topics through a joint working paper series. NACTS board member Stephen Blank is the co-director of the NATCRC.</p>