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science communication tool, (b) green infrastructure projects and guidelines, (c) identification and valuation of available ecosystem and environmental services, (d) diffusion of innovative wise water management techniques for the region, and lastly (e) a
new larger scale land-use plan for the watershed that uses environmental units with
landscape values for the local people. Our proposal might help others to change paradigms and design transdisciplinary regional plans.
Keywords Regional planning · Territorial ordinances · Watersheds
Introduction
The planning of any region is a long-term process since emergent issues are continuously arising. Socio-ecological system-based plans use the watershed as the
basic territorial unit. Especially, in semiarid watersheds where the aquifer is the
limiting factor and the axis of any planning. The ecosystem-based logic not always
coincides with the logic followed in cultural, administrative, legal, economic, or
social setting. Therefore, the land-use planning of a semiarid watershed has to be
constructed in a process where environmental education plays a key role. As well, it
must be a participative and creative process since the lack of data concerning subterranean water quantity, quality, and dynamics remains unmeasured and is a constant
limitation. In consequence, the planning of land-use requires a transdisciplinary
approach since land-use decisions are need to be taken by the government officials
with the participation of local inhabitants.
L. Carreño · T. Moreno-Zulueta
Programa de Doctorado en Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo, Universidad Autónoma de Baja
California UABC, Ensenada, Mexico
A. Cota · L. Ibarra · L. Pedrín · C. Uscanga
Programa de Maestría en Manejo de Ecosistemas de Zonas Áridas, Universidad Autónoma de
Baja California UABC, Ensenada, Mexico
C. Leyva
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California UABC, Ensenada, Mexico
G. Gutiérrez
Secretaria de Protección al Ambiente de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico
L. Ojeda-Revah
Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico
M. Reyes-Orta
Facultad de Turismo y Mercadotecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada,
Mexico
J. C. Ramírez · J. Sandoval · Á. Vela
Instituto Municipal de Investigación y Planeación de Ensenada, Ensenada, Mexico
C. Turrent
Taller de Arquitectura Contextual ClaCla, Ensenada, Mexico
I. Vaillard
Rancho Tres Mujeres, Ensenada, Mexico
I. Espejel et al.
science communication tool, (b) green infrastructure projects and guidelines, (c) identification and valuation of available ecosystem and environmental services, (d) diffusion of innovative wise water management techniques for the region, and lastly (e) a
new larger scale land-use plan for the watershed that uses environmental units with
landscape values for the local people. Our proposal might help others to change paradigms and design transdisciplinary regional plans.
Keywords Regional planning · Territorial ordinances · Watersheds
Introduction
The planning of any region is a long-term process since emergent issues are continuously arising. Socio-ecological system-based plans use the watershed as the
basic territorial unit. Especially, in semiarid watersheds where the aquifer is the
limiting factor and the axis of any planning. The ecosystem-based logic not always
coincides with the logic followed in cultural, administrative, legal, economic, or
social setting. Therefore, the land-use planning of a semiarid watershed has to be
constructed in a process where environmental education plays a key role. As well, it
must be a participative and creative process since the lack of data concerning subterranean water quantity, quality, and dynamics remains unmeasured and is a constant
limitation. In consequence, the planning of land-use requires a transdisciplinary
approach since land-use decisions are need to be taken by the government officials
with the participation of local inhabitants.
L. Carreño · T. Moreno-Zulueta
Programa de Doctorado en Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo, Universidad Autónoma de Baja
California UABC, Ensenada, Mexico
A. Cota · L. Ibarra · L. Pedrín · C. Uscanga
Programa de Maestría en Manejo de Ecosistemas de Zonas Áridas, Universidad Autónoma de
Baja California UABC, Ensenada, Mexico
C. Leyva
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California UABC, Ensenada, Mexico
G. Gutiérrez
Secretaria de Protección al Ambiente de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico
L. Ojeda-Revah
Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico
M. Reyes-Orta
Facultad de Turismo y Mercadotecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada,
Mexico
J. C. Ramírez · J. Sandoval · Á. Vela
Instituto Municipal de Investigación y Planeación de Ensenada, Ensenada, Mexico
C. Turrent
Taller de Arquitectura Contextual ClaCla, Ensenada, Mexico
I. Vaillard
Rancho Tres Mujeres, Ensenada, Mexico
I. Espejel et al.