José Rivera, PhD. Professor CNH Group UNM
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons
José de Urru+a Map of Santa Fe ca. 1767
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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Presa at Rio Pecos ca. 1917 Museum of New Mexico Photo
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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Aerial of Velarde Orchards 1986 Photo by Paul Logsdon
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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Ditch Cleaning at El Valle 1980 Photo by Alex Harris
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Ditch Repair at El Cerrito 1998 Photo by Sharon Stewart
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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Estevan Arellano at Embudo 1995 Photo by Miguel Gandert
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons
NSF Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems :Acequia CNH Project
• Characterize acequia cultural resilience, adaptability and responsesto stress
• Input acequia social and cultural variables into the CNH SystemDynamics Model
•Develop research monograph and mapping inventory of the RioChama and tributaries as a case study of society at a regional scale
• Partner with acequia associaGons to address socio-‐economicimpacts of changing hydrologic condiGons on tradiGonal watermanagement pracGces at three study sites: Alcalde, El Rito, and RioHondo
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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New Mexico Acequia Associa+on: Congreso 2006
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CNH NMSU
NMAA Acequia Assessment Survey 2008
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Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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CNH Focus GroupsAlcalde, El Rito, Rio Hondo Summer 2012*
•Acequia Governance and Water Sharing Customs•Food, Seeds and Agricultural Tradi+ons•Transmission of Local Knowledge•Mutualism and Social Capital•Land Ownership and Land Use•Farming and Crops•Livestock Ranching Tradi+ons and Grazing
*NMAA (Quita Or+z), UNM José Rivera and Sylvia Rodríguez
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Acequia Community Resilience
•Aaachment to Land and Place: Collec+ve Iden+ty•Mutual Networks and Social Density•Leadership of Key Individuals: Mayordomo Role•Social Memory Embedded in the Culture•Ecological Knowledge of Local Condi+ons•Local Control of Resources•Autonomy of Decision Making Structure•Tipping Points and Adap+ve Capacity to Renew
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CNH NMSU Sandia Na+onal Laboratories
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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CNH NMSU Sandia Na+onal Laboratories
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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CNH UNM
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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QualitaGve Analysis and VisualizaGon Methodology
•Public records, ethnographic histories, secondary theore+cal literature•Archival repositories: primary source documents, archeological surveys,sociological reports, historic maps and cartography of the region•Field-‐based ethnographies: par+cipant observa+on, focus groups andinterviews•Ques+onnaires and surveys: new or exis+ng data•Census data and popula+on projec+ons urban and rural•GIS analysis of land use and the built environment•Geo-‐spa+al modeling of natural systems•Modeling of landscape and human sealement morphology at mul+ple scales•Visualiza+on tools and technology to analyze land use alterna+ves
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Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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Adapted from Berkes, F., J. Colding, and C. Folke (Eds), 2003. Naviga&ngSocial-‐Ecological Systems: Building Resilience for Complexity and Change
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Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
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Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons
Acknowledgments
FundingFundingNational Science Foundation –Dynamics of Coupled Natural &Human Systems NMSU Award #1010516National Science Foundation NM EPSCoR Award #0814449
CollaboratorsCollaboratorsNew Mexico Acequia AssociationNew Mexico Acequia AssociationSandia National LaboratoriesSandia National Laboratories
UniversitiesUniversitiesNew Mexico State UniversityNew Mexico State UniversityUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of New MexicoNew Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyNew Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyUniversity of Concepción, ChileUniversity of Concepción, Chile
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Photo Credits
Museum of New Mexico: José de Urrutia Map of Santa Fe ca. 1767 and Presa at Rio Pecos ca. 1917
Paul Logsdon: Aerial of Velarde Orchards 1986
Alex Harris: Ditch Cleaning at El Valle 1980
Sharon Stewart: Ditch Repair at El Cerrito 1998
Miguel Gandert: Estevan Arellano at Embudo 1995
New Mexico Acequia Association: Congreso 2006
Terrain Models: CNH Group UNM
José Rivera, PhD. Professor CNH Group UNM
Global Perspectives Symposium 2013Las Cruces, New MexicoThe Acequia Model
Local Knowledge and Sociocultural AdaptationIn the Northern Rio Grande Watershed Commons