Graduation Semester and Year
2021
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of City and Regional Planning
Department
Urban and Public Affairs
First Advisor
Ardeshir Anjomani
Abstract
Colonias are communities that lack basic infrastructures such as water, sewer, and paved roads and that are located within 100 miles of the US-Mexico border. They are generally found in unincorporated areas, and the literature, as well as policy makers, have extensively called for their annexation as a solution to solve the infrastructure issues. This paper examines selfincorporation as an alternative to annexations as cities have consistently avoided colonias when they expand through annexation. The paper has two focuses. The first one consists of analyzing the economic and social aspects of a colonia to determine whether they resemble the ones of a typical city. The second focus consists of determining whether a colonia can mobilize the essential resources to finance infrastructure and run as a city. The study found that a colonia can raise enough revenues to maintain its infrastructure, but whether it can effectively run as a city remained unanswered as it requires more studies that take into consideration the complexities of city management.
Keywords
Colonia, Infrastructure, Texas, Incorporation, Municipal, Annexation, Unincorporated, Community, Poverty, Road
Disciplines
Public Affairs | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Dzogolo, Moise, "ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL OF SELF-INCORPORATION AS A SOLUTION TO ROADWAY MAINTENANCE IN TEXAS COLONIAS" (2021). Public Affairs Theses. 53.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/publicaffairs_theses/53
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington