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Increasing The Supply Of Affordable Housing: Expanding Affordable Housing Policy In Albuquerque, Nm., Erin Callahan

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Providing affordable housing in the United States involves coordination between the federal, state, and local levels of government. Local jurisdictions must ensure that all requirements are met in order to receive funding. In Albuquerque, NM, this includes the production of a Consolidated Plan to satisfy federal requirements, and an Affordable Housing Plan to satisfy state requirements. However, even when the requirements are satisfied, the amount of funding available is never enough to create enough housing to meet the needs of the population. The objective of this study is to show how the supply of affordable housing in Albuquerque can be …

Collaborative Community Development Of Rural Places And Local Assets, Susan Vigil

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This work is compiled from reflections on community development efforts in a rural New Mexico region invested with shared traditions and livelihoods emerging from a unique location herein referred to as the “Village of Magdalena, City of Socorro Study Area”. The possibility that rural communities may leverage place-based resources and networks comprehensively comprises this study’s propositional anlage to spark questions as to how leveraging may unfold through initiatives supporting both arts and agricultural activities. How communities identify with their location--its history, economy, resource and communal spaces—defines opportunities both realized and imagined in this scarcely populated New Mexico place. Interviews and …

Women's Roles And The Gender Division Of Labor Within The Local Food System Of The Central New Mexico Regional Foodshed, Tiffany Terry

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Within the Central New Mexico regional foodshed (i.e. within a 300 mile radius of Albuquerque), many women are working within the local food system to help locally grown food go from farm to fork. In certain roles, women predominate. In others, women are less represented. Women participating in the local food system provided their insights and expertise on how gender affects their own participation, as well as their perceptions of the gender division of labor within the local food system. Through this exploration, eleven women co-participants of this study found that regardless of the role, there are challenges based on …

Success Of Small-Scale Farms In The Middle Rio Grande Region, Sarah Wentzel-Fisher

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Food systems development, while historically not the purview of professional planners, would benefit greatly from their interdisciplinary expertise. Small agricultural businesses are important economic and social drivers in the Middle Rio Grande. Increased demand for locally grown foods by Middle Rio Grande residents and food businesses, like restaurants and grocery stores, mean that more than ever, farm businesses have opportunities for success and for making meaningful contributions to their communities. In addition, many of the necessary resources exist right here in this area that can enable local growers’ success, including agricultural land, irrigation infrastructure, easy access to markets, and a …

Costa Rica- Planning For Climate Change Through Forward- Looking Policy, Rachel Helen Erickson

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Using Costa Rica as an example, this paper will address the problem of climate change and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the climate change planning policies that are utilized in Costa Rica. This study reveals how the Costa Rican government has been proactive in terms of its climate change policies. The Costa Rican government has always been an active participant in international conferences on climate change. Costa Rica aims for carbon neutrality by the year 2021. As Costa Rica is so far ahead in terms of developing effective climate policy, other countries can look to Costa Rica as an …

Military Frame, Mission Form, Historic Fabric, And Campus Function: A New Mexico National Guard Perspective, Erin Montoya

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis will investigate, identify, and develop what campus planning is for military installations; more specifically it will classify specific features that should be included in the planning of military installations to achieve a campus setting. This thesis will include a case study upon which the campus initiative can be exemplified using a National Guard site. The site selected is dynamic enough to include the majority of components within the planning spectrum of regulations for Army National Guard facilities. This all-volunteer component is the pride of America with multi-faceted missions and capabilities that do not match any other component or …

Delivering Access: Home Birth For Women Of Families Of Color In New Mexico, Micaela Cadena

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis examines the access that low-income women of color have to home birth in New Mexico through qualitative research with home birth providers, New Mexico Licensed Midwives. New Mexican women and families have been birthing their children in homes and community settings for generations. In contemporary New Mexico, pregnant women can birth at home, in a free-standing birth center, or in a hospital setting. This thesis seeks to explore: 1) The central tenets of home birth, as explained by Licensed Midwives; 2) The factors that impact access to home birth in New Mexico as perceived by Licensed Midwives; 3) …

Practice Resurrection: Urban Planning, The Right To The City, And Transformative Social Justice, Megan Hebard Mcrobert

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Social justice movements organize against contemporary conditions of oppression and domination. Today’s movements often target neoliberalism as an agent of both economic and cultural marginalization, citing environmental degradation, increasing wealth disparities in the information/service economy, and destruction of community-based institutions in the name of capital accumulation. One such example is the right to the city, both an intellectual idea and organizing framework for social action. The right to the city utilizes a Marxist framework to argue that cities are part of capitalist processes of production and, thus, space can and must be a site of intervention in the service of …

Communication Technology And Public Participation In Urban Planning: Who Is Speaking Up In Austin And Who Is Listening?, Amos Stoltzfus

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Public participation has enjoyed a long, if embattled, history in the field of urban planning in the U.S. Although mandated by federal, state and local regulations, designing processes for meaningful public participation has proven difficult for both practical and political reasons. Recognizing the inadequacies of traditional participation methods – particularly in strengthening democracy, valuing local knowledge and pursuing social justice - many planning practitioners and participation theorists held high aspirations for the potential of communication technology in the networked world of Web 2.0 to transform the role of the public in improving the quality of urban environments. Although research in …

Growing Home: Sacred Space And Contemporary Ecotopia, Andrew Gingerich

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis investigates the concept of ecocentrism and how an emerging ecocentric worldview might uniquely shape the built environment. This thesis is particularly interested in the role of sacred space in urban development, and how the notion of sacredness, unique to an ecocentric worldview, might affect various aspects of the built environment. These issues are explored in two basic parts. First, three basic worldviews are discussed\u2014the pre-modern worldview, the modern worldview, and the emerging ecocentric worldview--specifically on the topics of nature, space, and the city. Second, a qualitative research study of three ecotopian' communities is presented--Village Homes in Davis, CA; …

Native Artists Helping Our People Endure (Hope): A Social Capital Analysis Of A Grassroots Art Initiative To Address Youth Suicide In An Indigenous Community, Nathania Tsosie

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This study identifies and examines the components of social capital related to a grassroots initiative to address Indigenous youth suicide through art. The Native Artists for HOPE’s Thoreau Youth Art Project was organized by a small group of professional Native American artists in response to a sudden increase of youth suicide in a community on the Navajo Nation. Built on cultural core values identified by the artists themselves, the day long workshop encourages self-expression and creativity as an alternative to risky behaviors believed by community members to be related to suicide. A brief literature review of social capital including its …

Addressing Renewable Energy Development At The Local Level By Learning How To Plan Through Green Building: An Example Of Community-Based Planning On The Navajo Reservation, Gepetta S. Billie

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis considers energy development, specifically how the Navajo Nation can address renewable energy development at the local chapter level by incorporating green building strategies into housing planning and development. The objective is to make sense of how individual Navajo chapters, like Tsé Łichii, can learn to plan and build better housing through green building techniques with the ultimate goal of addressing energy on the Navajo reservation. Through planning theory and ideas for how to apply these concepts to individual chapter needs, this thesis will explain how the Navajo Nation as a whole can plan for sustainable renewable energy development …

Historic And Demographic Changes That Impact The Future Of The Diné And Developing Community-Based Policy, Yolynda Begay

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The history and legacy of Native American relationship with the U.S. government has been marred with policies on termination, assimilation, annihilation, and displacement of Indian communities. The Dawes Act, also known as the General Allotment Act of 1887, was the starting point of enrolling tribal members for land allotments (Spruhan, 2006-2007, p. 2). The act required a population survey of individual persons residing on allotted lands. This, in turn, required Indian agents to conduct census rolls (see glossary). The purpose of the Dawes Act was to turn Indian people into Jeffersonian farmers by breaking up communal landholdings and allotting parcels …

Home/Land: Kiowa, New Mexico- A Grassland's Story, Heather R. Yaryan

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The purpose of this thesis was to illustrate how cultural and natural histories inform place-based community planning. Utilizing both cultural and natural histories, the planner may begin to see patterns of habitancy as they correlate to ecological fluctuations. I focused my research on Kiowa, New Mexico the community my family homesteaded in the grasslands of Northeastern New Mexico and took an auto-ethnographic approach to conducting my research. The story of Kiowa is both unique and universal. The intricacies of the land and people are, indeed, woven into a specific place and times. It is the intersection of Place and of …

Barelas Rail Yard Redevelopment: A Stakeholder Assessment, Michael Furze

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Community-based redevelopment of Albuquerque, New Mexicos twenty-seven acre Barelas Rail Yard site represents one possible outcome of the ongoing redevelopment process. This thesis uses semistructured interviews with neighborhood residents and community activists to reveal visions and concerns about the future of the site from beyond the profit-driven approach of typical contemporary projects. Through interviews and the case studies, I provide recommendations for discussion and capacity-building that allows neighborhood residents to better navigate a complex political landscape and influence the redevelopment of the site through a community-based process that brings together multiple visions of renewed activity on the site that respects …

Nuances In A Panethnic Southwest Landscape, Angelica Solares

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Urban landscapes of places with large immigrant populations are transformed as immigrants bring a different use of space with them. Mexican immigrants throughout the southwestern United States have physically transformed the landscape, and these trans-formed places often result in spaces that foster socialization and assert cultural identity. This thesis proposes that a three-stage cycle of spatial production exists in Mexicano communities in the United States, and describes the authors three-stage cycle of spatial production model in detail. The cycle begins with the formation of an enclave, followed by the transformation of the urban landscape which then results in one of …

Identification Of Man-Made Hazards In Aneth Chapter, Navajo Nation, Utah, Eugenia Quintana

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Identification of man-made hazards is an initial step in planning recommendations for mitigation of man-made hazards. This project entailed a participatory process that engaged the local community in identifying man-made hazards specific to Aneth. The man-made hazards have challenged the community in managing potential damages, physical, environmental and economic losses due to pollution and contamination from man-made hazards. The development of this professional project has revealed some pathways to environmental protection for the Aneth Chapter, which could be the first Navajo Nation Chapter to move towards the development of a plan for mitigation of man-made hazards based upon the identification …

Articulation Of Deaf And Hearing Spaces Using Deaf Space Design Guidelines: A Community Based Participatory Research With The Albuquerque Sign Language Academy, Charlene A. Johnson

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The purpose of this project is to conduct Community Based Participatory Research exploring how articulation between deaf, hard of hearing and hearing students at the Albuquerque Sign Language Academy can be enhanced using Deaf Space Design Guidelines in the school facility. The ASLA is a Bilingual school with an ASL and spoken English curriculum. Unlike traditional schools for the deaf, the ASLA enrolls deaf, hard of hearing and hearing children in a multicultural environment, which includes Deaf Culture among the cultural identities. Five qualitative research methods were used with participation from mostly hearing ASLA staff, faculty and parents. The ASLA …

Building Energy Labeling: A Path To Improved Energy Performance For Commercial Buildings, Ronald Nelson

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Architects, engineers, and builders have a unique opportunity to lead society and the economy through the current difficult times. Since studies show that buildings account for nearly half the nations energy consumption, our power derives from our ability to dramatically cut the energy consumption through energy efficient refurbishment of the vast existing building inventory and through energy efficient designs for new construction. This conservation has an amazing threefold benefit: through reduced consumption we extend the life of our limited natural resources; through reduced consumption we reduce our emission of greenhouse gases and thus reduce the threat of climate change; and …

Utilizing Jicarilla Apache Knowledge To Enrich The Watershed Watch Program Curriculum For The Benefit Of The Jicarilla Apache Youth, Rebecca Rae

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The thesis explores the notions of decolonization, Indigenous knowledge, and empirical knowledge of place as a foundation for implementing Jicarilla Apache knowledge into the Watershed Watch Program. Two lesson plans were created utilizing Jicarilla Apache stories and knowledge to teach Jicarilla Apache youth about the water cycle, plants, and culture. By connecting Indigenous teachings with western scientific teachings Jicarilla Apache youth will gain a greater understanding of the natural environment with relevance to their heritage.

A Cultural Landscape Report For The Univeristy Of New Mexico Central Campus, Will Moses

Architecture and Planning ETDs

From Introduction:

This is a cultural landscape report (CLR) of eight landscapes that form the core of the main campus of the University of New Mexico. A cultural landscape report is "the primary report that documents the history, significance, and treatment of a cultural landscape. A CLR evaluates the history and integrity of the landscape, including any changes to its geographical context, features, materials, and use." A cultural landscape is "a geographic area, including both cultural and natural resources, and the wildlife or domestic animals therein, associated with a historic event, activity, or person or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic …

Regional Airport Planning For The 1980'S, William Philip Buckley

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Presently, air transportation in all its various facets is facing tremendous problems. The problems are numerous and increasing as people become more aware of their surroundings, Air transportation's growth has been predicated on airplane development which has been phenomenal. This one-sided view has made air transportation a detriment to the society it seeks to serve.

Since the present air transportation system must be changed in order to better serve the society of which it is a part, the solutions being tried and technological tools available are discussed. The urban areas and their relation to an air transportation network are studied …

Huning's Highland Addition To The City Of Albuquerque: A Description And Analysis Of Architectural And Neighborhood Development With Recommendations For Preservation, Susanna Eden

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis is an historical survey of the Huning's Highland neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1881 to 1924 and an architectural analysis of the houses built there during that time. Newspapers, booster literature, city directories, insurance maps, the minutes of town council meetings, and other official town records, along with reminiscences of long-time city residents, were used to piece together a picture of neighborhood life in Huning's Highland. The picture that appears is of a prosperous middleclass, “Anglo” suburb, sharing the amenities of civilized life with New Town Albuquerque. Selected houses are discussed as they illustrate the developments in …

Methods Of Studying Lifestyles And Residential Energy Consumption, Suzanne Elizabeth Kenealy Miller

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An analysis of lifestyles and energy consumption methods is presented. Three approaches to energy conservative housing are discussed: structural, design, and lifestyle. Of the three approaches, this thesis addresses lifestyle only. Among the major lifestyle factors having impact upon residential energy utilization are family factors, household management, attitudes, knowledge, and socioeconomic status. Change and coincident factors also affect energy use. The gross energy consumption method is described and examples of actual studies are given. The method is evaluated and the type of data derived is discussed. Methods which normalize energy consumption (i.e., divide by square footage) are analysis of relationships …

A Planning Process For The Design Of Urban Growth Management System, Marwan Hanna Khoury

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The management and control of urban growth issue has emerged as a major public concern in many communities. Planners for these communities must seek new ways by which management systems are designed, such that the controls, are rationally derived, explicit and legally defensible. One such way is outlined in this thesis. Based on normative planning theory, a functional design method for the growth management system is offered. Steps at each of the three levels of planning values formulation, means identification and effectuation; are suggested. The steps are matched against one "real-world" example, Albuquerque that recently took measures towards a growth …

Tools For Decision Making In Churches, Richard Rees Pugh

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This is a handbook about communication. The book explains how to acquire, organize and display information about the ''physical and spiritual" existence of the church in order to help church groups understand themselves and to share that understanding with others in making decisions about the built environment. The book comes out of my experience first as a church layman and later from my experience as an Architectural Programmer, helping groups through pre-architectural and architectural decisions. In both the layman's and the professional's role, I shared in the struggles which people experience in making decisions about the built environment which will …

Solar And Conventional Buildings: The Interface With The Electric Utility, J. Mark Hannifan

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Solar energy has emerged as a viable power source that in the near future may provide a significant portion of the energy needs for the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. However, several financial and institutional hurdles must be cleared before the solar industry can establish a competitive edge with conventional energy sources. Second only to cost, the major concern of the industry at present is the interface between the solar consumer and the electric utility. Solar energy, because of its erratic nature, is not an ideal technological match with the electric utility, particularly when solar customers use electricity as their …

Post Occupancy Evaluation: An Overview And A Case Study Of Married Student Housing At The University Of New Mexico, Thomas William Parks

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An investigation is made of user-oriented evaluation research in architectural design. The need today for evaluation of many architectural projects is demonstrated. The role which evaluation can play in the design cycle and the need for effective communication of evaluation research findings to architects are examined. A post occupancy evaluation case study of the University of New Mexico's Married Student Housing is presented which focuses primarily on residents' satisfaction with physical design related issues. Research findings are organized in terms of the hierarchy of housing needs suggested by Clare Cooper. It is shown that this project is highly successful in …

A Program For Housing For Low Income Elderly In North Barelas, Robert E. Strell

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The North Barelas Community is a traditional Spanish-speaking area, characterized by small individually owned homes and by a population which is economically and educationally disadvantaged in comparison with Albuquerque at large. For several years the City has indicated interest in upgrading the area and, largely through Federal funding, has been able to rehabilitate numerous homes in the neighborhood and make other physical improvements. Housing for the elderly on a 4 acre site strategically located next to the North Barelas Multi-Service Center and the North Barelas Community Center has been discussed with community representatives for a number of years. The designated …

A Case Study In The Design Of Emergency Rooms, Ethel Z. Kolodner

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An analysis of visits to emergency rooms reveals that the patient load responds to unpredictable variables which exert a profound influence on growth and role and may preclude reliable projections of future space needs. In addition, emergent, urgent and non-urgent patient loads exhibit differential growth rates. An analysis of current design models reveals that they are not designed to react easily through expansion or remodeling to changes in patient census and/or types of patients treated and role in health care delivery. A tripartite conceptual design model is developed that is responsive to these conditions. Important differences in patient and staff …