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RWBC Web Development Project
The purpose of the web development project is to provide information display methods and web services to researchers and users of the RWBC web site.
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Colonia Diez De Mayo
Colonias and Irregular Human Settlements in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
Creating a Collaborative Plan for Community Redevelopment and
Transnational Investment in Urban Infrastructure at the San Diego-Tijuana Border
Project funded by the UCSD Civic Collaborative and Superfund Basic Research Program
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Watershed Planning Support Systems
We are building a watershed-scale partnership that will extend the information and visualization innovations of university research to a group of local and regional government agencies and private companies, all seeking to address crucial problems in sustainable economic and regional development. The partnership's overarching goal is to work together in building an integrated watershed-based information system and set of visualization tools that can help break down barriers to effective planning and environmental management at a regional/watershed scale.
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Regional Planning Chronologies
This project takes the "long look" at equity through the official, invisible, and visionary planning histories of San Diego. We are looking at innovative ways to make use of information technology to provide integrated views of regional planning history.
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3D Regional Canvas for the Californias. Part 1
Spatial distribution of natural and man made features respond to the sinuosity of the terrain relief and to the relative height or depth from sea level. Proximity to the coastline is also an influential factor. A digital elevation model for the Southern California-Northern Baja California is pursued as a 3D canvas to be draped with different themes for a better understanding the transborder region of the Californias.
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3D Regional Canvas for the Californias - Part 2: Web-based Educational Version
The web-based version of the Regional WorkBench Consortium's 3D Regional Canvas of the Californias is intended to provide free access to 3D visualization tools from anywhere in the world for decision-makers and educators in a wide range of disciplines including regional planning, water quality management, sustainable development, and homeland security.
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Online Interactive Mapping of Superfund Toxicants and Quality of Life Indicators
Online interactive mapping applications of the San Diego/Tijuana are being developed as a means of providing democratic access to environmental and social geographic information. These applications will allow citizens, researchers, and professionals to be able to build a better holistic "picture" of the current state of the entire region.
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San Diego River Public Involvement Project
What is the San Diego River? Traditionally disparate interests have come together to redefine the river and the future of its 440 square mile watershed. This project looks at the increasingly important role of the partnership between governmental entities and non-governmental groups in protecting natural and cultural resources, and the invaluable role that technology can have in enhancing management and public policy decision making resulting in public and environmental health improvements.
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Interactive Web-based tools for Regional Planning Decision-makers
Regional planning decision-makers have a growing need for interactive, intuitive tools to use in presentations, workshops, and symposia, but cost, specialized features, and the lack of experience of many attendees make the use of high-end GIS software prohibitive. The RWBC provides expertise in how to apply education courseware development tools to fill the void between standard presentation software such as PowerPoint? and high-end GIS software such as ArcGIS?.
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Los Laureles Canyon - Erosion Control Project
Los Laureles Canyon is a 4.6 mile sub-watershed of the larger Tijuana River Watershed. It is located only about 1-2 miles from the coast and 90% of the watershed lies in Mexico. This sub-basin is of particular interest and concern as it flows directly into the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (TRNERR) and is a significant source of waste and sediment in the southern end of the Estuary. Over time, this sub-basin has become increasingly developed and degraded, and lacks the basic infrastructure to support this development. Representatives from agencies in Mexico and the United States are now working together on a community based slope stabilization and erosion control project located within Los Laureles Canyon. This project aims to restore Los Laureles Canyon, to prevent sedimentation into the Tijuana River Valley, and offer quality passive recreation for the residents of Tijuana through numerous goals and objectives. This trans-border effort promotes a sustainable approach to the erosion control problem, achieving success in the environmental, economic and social realms of the region.
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San Diego Conservation Resources Network (CRN)
Over the next decade, approximately one-half million acres of habitat will be set aside for conservation in San Diego County to protect the region’s outstanding biological diversity. Protection and management of this open space will require substantial funding and staffing and a coordinated commitment from diverse groups, including municipalities, resource agencies, and local citizens' groups. To encourage and facilitate the participation of citizen groups, several local land conservancies are collaborating to form a nongovernmental organization, the Conservation Resources Network (CRN), which will provide information, technologies, and technical services to local land conservancies and to help mobilize and coordinate volunteers to assist with land conservation and management activities. In addition, the CRN will provide a point for coordinated contact with other organizations involved in habitat conservation, particularly local governments and the state and federal resource agencies.
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Matadero Canyon Binational Conservation Easement
The Matadero Canyon Binational Conservation Easement proposal is an attempt to create a physical extension of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (TRNERR) on the Mexican side of the border. This project will be completed under the scope of the Reserve’s newly launched Coastal Training Program (CTP). Matadero Canyon is located adjacent to the Reserve, to the south, in Mexico. The area cannot be a reserve or protected area due to its relatively small size of roughly 18 acres. The designation of the Mexican Government that fits the characteristics of this particular area is a “Conservation Easement”. Conservation is an issue of great importance to the people of Mexico, and many fear that Matadero Canyon could be developed in the near future. The city of Tijuana has a very limited number of parks, and this area has the possibility of being a low-impact recreational park with opportunities for learning and education. It would also be a conservation area between both countries, with many cross-border educational opportunities, environmental interpretation, and cooperation projects.
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Project Interact
The Carlsbad Watershed encompasses the fastest growing communities of North County. It is estimated that North County will add 50K people annually to the present population. The natural environmental systems of filtering water, cleansing the air, providing bank stability and maintaining the natural food cycles become less available and taxed as our natural habitats and open land areas are lost or destroyed by development and urbanization. The condition of the water bodies and water quality is directly tied to the condition and functioning of these environmental systems. Few residents understand the interrelationship between the environment and their quality of life.
Project Interact (PI) is the coordinated exhibits and education program of the NEW Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation’s Discovery Center. PI will demonstrate the importance of partnerships of diverse entities to include the non-profit, governmental and grassroots citizen groups in understanding, crafting and implementing viable solutions to watershed issues. PI consists of a 3-D 5.3’X 8’ topographic model of the Carlsbad watershed and interactive visualization technologies. The education component includes programs to engage citizens in active conservation of watershed resources.
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WET: A Watershed Exploration Tool
We are developing a prototype Watershed Exploration Tool (WET) for providing public access to historical permitting and mitigation plans. The project brings together university, non-profit, local and regional government agencies, and private sector partners and initially focuses on the San Diego River Watershed. The partnership's overarching goal is to propose a framework for building an integrated watershed-based information system and set of visualization tools that can help break down barriers to effective planning, environmental management at a regional/watershed scale, and public access to watershed-related data.
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