CRP Students Draft Letter Supporting Proposed State Planning Office

Community and Regional Planning students recognize the importance of active participation in the creation of New Mexico’s  policies and procedures. Student members of the UNM chapter of the New Mexico  American Planning Association have drafted a letter supporting Senate Bill 63 – “The Strategic Planning Act.” The legislation promotes statewide collaborative planning for New Mexico. It supports a strategic planning process for New Mexico’s limited resources and growing demands, while preserving the state’s unique cultures and histories. Students will be presenting the letter to the NMAPA board at the upcoming board meeting for comments and approval. 

Dr. José Rivera on "Acequia Culture: Historic Irrigated Landscapes of New Mexico"

The Resource Center for Raza Planning continues its Spring 2010 lecture and event series with a presentation by Dr. José Rivera.  Please join us for his lecture entitled "Acequia Culture: Historic Irrigated Landscapes of New Mexico".

Dr. Rivera is a Professor of Planning in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico. He has conducted fieldwork on rural development, public policy analysis, and water resources management in southern Spain, coastal Peru, Mexico, the Philippines, and the American Southwest. In 2009, the University of Valencia in Spain published a Spanish language translation of his book, Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest.

WHAT: Dr. José Rivera on "Acequia Culture: Historic Irrigated Landscapes of New Mexico"
WHEN: 5:15pm on Thursday February 18
WHERE: George Pearl Hall room P104 (Downstairs in the School of Architecture and Planning)
[See attached poster for details]

Also, please stay tuned for other Spring events, including a student led PechaKucha, a lecture on Environmental Justice in Colonia Communities, and a presentation of the book Building to Endure: Design Lessons of Arid Lands.

For more information, contact stcarv@unm.edu. 

Tools for planning scenarios...

An excellent tool for planning scenarios are:

Criterion Planners INDEX Software: http://www.crit.com/
Click our work, then INDEX software.

Land F/X: http://www.landfx.com/site.php
More of a Landscape program, but allows for zoning, density and cost scheduling.

Community Viz for GIS: http://placeways.com/communityviz/

Environmental Justice in Mountain View

"Their homes are mingled with more than 25 junkyards, five gravel and concrete companies, seven petroleum bulk terminals, a brick company, the odiferous sewage treatment plant that serves all of Albuquerque, and dozens of other industries, many surrounded by razor wire."

High Country News tells the story of Mountain View, a neighborhood in Albuquerque's South Valley whose 30-year fight against industrial polluters continues to this day.