Several studies conceive borders from a spatial perspective, which are derived from international trade, location and central place theories. For instance, Alegria (1989) as cited by Peña (2005) categorizes two central premises that determine the inter-urban hierarchy of border space: (1) The origin, destination and intensity of the flows (capital, goods and labor) are the key to differentiate the interaction of simultaneous processes in one space-national, transborder and transnational, and (2) the geographical adjacency of structural differences (price, quality of goods and choices, etc.) intensifies transborder processes. Krugman and Livas (1992) differentiate between the dynamic and static comparative advantages of regions. Dynamic advantages are those variables that differ across regions and that are directly related to productivity such as human capital and physical capital. Static advantages are those attributes that are fixed and unique to a specific region such as access to the sea or being located at the border. Hanson (1996) supports that static locational advantages lower transport costs; therefore, borders and ports are natural sites to locate production and natural centers for international trade. Recently, greater cross-border economic integration in many regions in the world has led the field of border economics to expand rapidly (Fullerton 2003). Some of the areas, in which extensive research efforts being investigated, include population, business cycle transmission, exchange rates, industrial development, labor markets and natural resources. In practice, border industrialization programs are primarily referred to the aforementioned Maquiladoras. Several studies have commented on impressive economic advantages as the key economic driver and attractor of workforce. As a result, interdependence between Mexico and the United States has intensified rapidly through local and regional cross-border trade, which has concertedly helped fuel the growth of binational urban economies (Scott 2002, 191–211). Nevertheless, there are certain disadvantages in terms of social, environmental and institutional impacts (Brannon et al. 1994).