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Policy Press eBooks, Nov 11, 2015
Designing Public Policy for Co-production
Designing public policy for co-production
How to Be an Urban Birder, 2018
Pajarito Mesa is a settlement located near the South Valley of Bernalillo County, NM. It has bee... more Pajarito Mesa is a settlement located near the South Valley of Bernalillo County, NM. It has been sparsely populated since the 1970s, but its population is growing. It exhibits the same characteristics as a colonia (defined below) - no piped water, sewage system, or utilities, and unsafe housing conditions - but is too far from the US Mexico Border to be considered a colonia by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a designation which would entitle the community to support infrastructure development. This study, which was prepared with assistance from the New Mexico Center for Law and Poverty and the Bernalillo County Planning Department, focuses on understanding the patterns of ownership, dwellings, and informal roads networks on Pajarito Mesa. These patterns will guide the organization of infrastructure development. They will also help demonstrate why Pajarito Mesa should be considered a colonia by HUD so that it can qualify for funding to support this devel...
This paper describes the evolution and erasure of the urban acequia landscape in three urban cent... more This paper describes the evolution and erasure of the urban acequia landscape in three urban centers of the American Southwest. These cultural landscapes were first developed by Native American peoples in present day New Mexico, Arizona and California. In the late sixteenth century, expansion of New Spain into the region introduced acequia irrigation methods to establish permanent agricultural settlements. Further expansion of these systems occurred in the seventeenth and into the eighteenth centuries. Spanish settlement policies followed La Recopilacion de Las Leyes de Las Indias which established design criteria for organizing acequia irrigation systems and the built environment. This study explicates the transformation and adaption of the urban acequia landscape from the settlement period under Spanish Law, the Mexican Period, and through the organization as modern cities of the American Southwest. Today, the cities of San Antonio, Albuquerque, and Los Angeles have evolved into m...
Research funding for the project was provided by a National Science Foundation award to New Mexic... more Research funding for the project was provided by a National Science Foundation award to New Mexico State University (Grant No. 101516) with a sub-award to the Center for Regional Studies (CRS) at the University of New Mexico.
The Southwest is an arid region characterized by low water availablility even at the best of time... more The Southwest is an arid region characterized by low water availablility even at the best of times. Drought is common and has forced regional communities to adapt to extreme conditions and drastic fluctuations in temperature and water availability. The acequia culture that has grown here and dates back to pre-colonial times uses a system of water sharing that has made agricultural productivity across the region not only possible but highly successful. Yet climate change, largely related to burning of fossil fuels, is projected to push the southwest region's already unpredictable precipitation patterns to new extremes. The severe drought in the region is projected in some models to be a new normal with no real end in sight in terms of water scarcity. Much of Rio Arriba's community has lived on the land for generations. The ancestors have farmed the land, prospering when water was plentiful, and compromising when water was scarce. The rules of acequia governance have seen the entire agricultural system through some of the worst droughts on record. The rules have been long-established and endured multiple stressors. This resiliency makes the acequia system an ideal case to study in the face of global climate change. Post World War II shifts in economic and farming policy, increasingly drier environmental conditions with predictions of prolonged drought, and rising water demands from rapidly growing populations in New Mexico and the border region of Texas and Mexico are applying new stressors to this system. Operating on funding from the National Science Foundation, this project is part of a greater research initiative, Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems, and aims to evaluate the changes in land use within the agricultural zone of the Lower Rio Chama (San Jose, Alcalde, Hernandez, Chamita, El Duende and El Rito) since 1930. Assessing changes in landuse will provide a baseline of trends upon which acequia users and community members can understand the multitude of stressors weighing down on the acequia system. Through informing the community of the complex issues related to the acequia system, this research aims to build a foundation upon which the community can come together to create regional water planning strategies necessary to the long term sustainability of both local communities living on the Rio Chama and the greater region of which they are a part.
International Journal of Heritage Architecture: Studies, Repairs and Maintence, Jan 15, 2017
The Plaza del Cerro at Chimayó is one of the few surviving fortified defensible plazas located wi... more The Plaza del Cerro at Chimayó is one of the few surviving fortified defensible plazas located within any of the historic land grant communities in contemporary New Mexico, USA. Established as a Spanish colonial settlement in the early 1740s, the plaza plays an important role in understanding the cultural landscape in Chimayó Valley through the organization of the built environment. This article describes the evolution and human settlement morphology of the Plaza del Cerro at Chimayó in the context of the Santa Cruz de la Cañada grant where the site is located. More importantly, we highlight the significance of cultural patrimony that the plaza represents to the Indo-Hispano people of northern New Mexico. The Plaza del Cerro stands as a physical representation of 18th-century town planning principles drawn from the leyes de las indias through a set of ordinances that organized land grant settlements in the Provincia del Nuevo México since the first Spanish colony was established in 1598. In addition, the plaza exhibits and preserves the vernacular architecture engendered by the natural landscape of the Upper Santa Cruz basin. The article provides a historical overview of Plaza del Cerro and outlines preservation and conservation strategies for a community-based approach to accomplish a physical restoration of the site.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2015
New Mexico law review, 2017
Law schools justifiably seek to enroll a diverse student body in order to enrich the academic exp... more Law schools justifiably seek to enroll a diverse student body in order to enrich the academic experience and environment, and to provide attorneys who will serve all segments of our society. American law schools enjoy the constitutional right to maintain such diversity. 1 Indeed, accreditation standards promulgated by the American Bar Association ("ABA") require it. 2 The Association of American Law Schools carries a similar mandate. 3 In seeking to create a diverse student body, law schools offer applicants the opportunity to identify their backgrounds. There generally is no "diversity police" checking on the accuracy of the self-identification as a member of a minority group by a law school applicant. However, there is one glaring exception. That involves Native Americans. 4 Law schools generally want to pursue the worthy and lawful goal
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 2014
Southwestern US irrigated landscapes are facing upheaval due to climate changeinduced water scarc... more Southwestern US irrigated landscapes are facing upheaval due to climate changeinduced water scarcity and economic change-induced land use conversion. Clues to community longevity are found in the traditionally irrigated valleys of northern New Mexico. Human systems have interacted with hydrologic processes over the HESSD
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2015
What we need to do is inventory the different types of agricultural landscapes and bring to light... more What we need to do is inventory the different types of agricultural landscapes and bring to light the typical rural architecture, such as the acequias and desagües (irrigation supply canals and excess water drains). We need to find ways of conserving the landscape, including the flora and fauna as well as the role the agricultural landscape has played in the evolution of the surrounding area. Before we abandon the past (flood irrigation) for the contemporary (drip irrigation), we need a thorough analysis of the pros and cons of each system for the whole cultural landscape. The future may be one where the old and new learn to coexist, such as the hoe with the plow' (Arellano, 2014, p. 204).
Proceedings - Irrigation, Society and Landscape. Tribute to Thomas F. Glick, 2014
Journal of the Southwest, 2014
Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 2013
Courses in modeling often employ techniques based on mathematical or other computer-based quantit... more Courses in modeling often employ techniques based on mathematical or other computer-based quantitative models. In this article the authors update a range of social science qualitative and visualization methodologies presented to graduate students at an interdisciplinary modeling course on water issues related to climate change. In part the modeling course featured the coupling of natural and human system dynamics in the context of acequias, gravity flow irrigation systems in New Mexico that depend on winter snowpack for water supply in the form of spring run-off. While student teams were able to employ STELLA and other models, they were free to explore alternative approaches. As course instructors, we assigned a pilot case study that utilized qualitative methodologies along with visualization tools to model land use, built environment, geo-spatial, natural systems, and human settlement morphology. Our project described a social-ecological history of the Rio Chama, a tributary of the upper Rio Grande, where we applied a cross-disciplinary and inter-temporal approach on how the land and water resources of the Rio Chama have been developed over time. The case study highlights the social-ecological dimensions of regional water planning while demonstrating the potential of visualization methodologies as a unique approach to modeling distinct from models based on quantitative data.
Journal of the Southwest, 2014
Policy Press eBooks, Nov 11, 2015
Designing Public Policy for Co-production
Designing public policy for co-production
How to Be an Urban Birder, 2018
Pajarito Mesa is a settlement located near the South Valley of Bernalillo County, NM. It has bee... more Pajarito Mesa is a settlement located near the South Valley of Bernalillo County, NM. It has been sparsely populated since the 1970s, but its population is growing. It exhibits the same characteristics as a colonia (defined below) - no piped water, sewage system, or utilities, and unsafe housing conditions - but is too far from the US Mexico Border to be considered a colonia by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a designation which would entitle the community to support infrastructure development. This study, which was prepared with assistance from the New Mexico Center for Law and Poverty and the Bernalillo County Planning Department, focuses on understanding the patterns of ownership, dwellings, and informal roads networks on Pajarito Mesa. These patterns will guide the organization of infrastructure development. They will also help demonstrate why Pajarito Mesa should be considered a colonia by HUD so that it can qualify for funding to support this devel...
This paper describes the evolution and erasure of the urban acequia landscape in three urban cent... more This paper describes the evolution and erasure of the urban acequia landscape in three urban centers of the American Southwest. These cultural landscapes were first developed by Native American peoples in present day New Mexico, Arizona and California. In the late sixteenth century, expansion of New Spain into the region introduced acequia irrigation methods to establish permanent agricultural settlements. Further expansion of these systems occurred in the seventeenth and into the eighteenth centuries. Spanish settlement policies followed La Recopilacion de Las Leyes de Las Indias which established design criteria for organizing acequia irrigation systems and the built environment. This study explicates the transformation and adaption of the urban acequia landscape from the settlement period under Spanish Law, the Mexican Period, and through the organization as modern cities of the American Southwest. Today, the cities of San Antonio, Albuquerque, and Los Angeles have evolved into m...
Research funding for the project was provided by a National Science Foundation award to New Mexic... more Research funding for the project was provided by a National Science Foundation award to New Mexico State University (Grant No. 101516) with a sub-award to the Center for Regional Studies (CRS) at the University of New Mexico.
The Southwest is an arid region characterized by low water availablility even at the best of time... more The Southwest is an arid region characterized by low water availablility even at the best of times. Drought is common and has forced regional communities to adapt to extreme conditions and drastic fluctuations in temperature and water availability. The acequia culture that has grown here and dates back to pre-colonial times uses a system of water sharing that has made agricultural productivity across the region not only possible but highly successful. Yet climate change, largely related to burning of fossil fuels, is projected to push the southwest region's already unpredictable precipitation patterns to new extremes. The severe drought in the region is projected in some models to be a new normal with no real end in sight in terms of water scarcity. Much of Rio Arriba's community has lived on the land for generations. The ancestors have farmed the land, prospering when water was plentiful, and compromising when water was scarce. The rules of acequia governance have seen the entire agricultural system through some of the worst droughts on record. The rules have been long-established and endured multiple stressors. This resiliency makes the acequia system an ideal case to study in the face of global climate change. Post World War II shifts in economic and farming policy, increasingly drier environmental conditions with predictions of prolonged drought, and rising water demands from rapidly growing populations in New Mexico and the border region of Texas and Mexico are applying new stressors to this system. Operating on funding from the National Science Foundation, this project is part of a greater research initiative, Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems, and aims to evaluate the changes in land use within the agricultural zone of the Lower Rio Chama (San Jose, Alcalde, Hernandez, Chamita, El Duende and El Rito) since 1930. Assessing changes in landuse will provide a baseline of trends upon which acequia users and community members can understand the multitude of stressors weighing down on the acequia system. Through informing the community of the complex issues related to the acequia system, this research aims to build a foundation upon which the community can come together to create regional water planning strategies necessary to the long term sustainability of both local communities living on the Rio Chama and the greater region of which they are a part.
International Journal of Heritage Architecture: Studies, Repairs and Maintence, Jan 15, 2017
The Plaza del Cerro at Chimayó is one of the few surviving fortified defensible plazas located wi... more The Plaza del Cerro at Chimayó is one of the few surviving fortified defensible plazas located within any of the historic land grant communities in contemporary New Mexico, USA. Established as a Spanish colonial settlement in the early 1740s, the plaza plays an important role in understanding the cultural landscape in Chimayó Valley through the organization of the built environment. This article describes the evolution and human settlement morphology of the Plaza del Cerro at Chimayó in the context of the Santa Cruz de la Cañada grant where the site is located. More importantly, we highlight the significance of cultural patrimony that the plaza represents to the Indo-Hispano people of northern New Mexico. The Plaza del Cerro stands as a physical representation of 18th-century town planning principles drawn from the leyes de las indias through a set of ordinances that organized land grant settlements in the Provincia del Nuevo México since the first Spanish colony was established in 1598. In addition, the plaza exhibits and preserves the vernacular architecture engendered by the natural landscape of the Upper Santa Cruz basin. The article provides a historical overview of Plaza del Cerro and outlines preservation and conservation strategies for a community-based approach to accomplish a physical restoration of the site.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2015
New Mexico law review, 2017
Law schools justifiably seek to enroll a diverse student body in order to enrich the academic exp... more Law schools justifiably seek to enroll a diverse student body in order to enrich the academic experience and environment, and to provide attorneys who will serve all segments of our society. American law schools enjoy the constitutional right to maintain such diversity. 1 Indeed, accreditation standards promulgated by the American Bar Association ("ABA") require it. 2 The Association of American Law Schools carries a similar mandate. 3 In seeking to create a diverse student body, law schools offer applicants the opportunity to identify their backgrounds. There generally is no "diversity police" checking on the accuracy of the self-identification as a member of a minority group by a law school applicant. However, there is one glaring exception. That involves Native Americans. 4 Law schools generally want to pursue the worthy and lawful goal
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 2014
Southwestern US irrigated landscapes are facing upheaval due to climate changeinduced water scarc... more Southwestern US irrigated landscapes are facing upheaval due to climate changeinduced water scarcity and economic change-induced land use conversion. Clues to community longevity are found in the traditionally irrigated valleys of northern New Mexico. Human systems have interacted with hydrologic processes over the HESSD
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2015
What we need to do is inventory the different types of agricultural landscapes and bring to light... more What we need to do is inventory the different types of agricultural landscapes and bring to light the typical rural architecture, such as the acequias and desagües (irrigation supply canals and excess water drains). We need to find ways of conserving the landscape, including the flora and fauna as well as the role the agricultural landscape has played in the evolution of the surrounding area. Before we abandon the past (flood irrigation) for the contemporary (drip irrigation), we need a thorough analysis of the pros and cons of each system for the whole cultural landscape. The future may be one where the old and new learn to coexist, such as the hoe with the plow' (Arellano, 2014, p. 204).
Proceedings - Irrigation, Society and Landscape. Tribute to Thomas F. Glick, 2014
Journal of the Southwest, 2014
Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 2013
Courses in modeling often employ techniques based on mathematical or other computer-based quantit... more Courses in modeling often employ techniques based on mathematical or other computer-based quantitative models. In this article the authors update a range of social science qualitative and visualization methodologies presented to graduate students at an interdisciplinary modeling course on water issues related to climate change. In part the modeling course featured the coupling of natural and human system dynamics in the context of acequias, gravity flow irrigation systems in New Mexico that depend on winter snowpack for water supply in the form of spring run-off. While student teams were able to employ STELLA and other models, they were free to explore alternative approaches. As course instructors, we assigned a pilot case study that utilized qualitative methodologies along with visualization tools to model land use, built environment, geo-spatial, natural systems, and human settlement morphology. Our project described a social-ecological history of the Rio Chama, a tributary of the upper Rio Grande, where we applied a cross-disciplinary and inter-temporal approach on how the land and water resources of the Rio Chama have been developed over time. The case study highlights the social-ecological dimensions of regional water planning while demonstrating the potential of visualization methodologies as a unique approach to modeling distinct from models based on quantitative data.
Journal of the Southwest, 2014