Community Innovation In Action: How Place Aﬀects Community Knowledge And Practices Jorge Hernandez, University of California, San Diego, Urban Studies and Planning Program Jorge Hernandez, University of California, San Diego, Urban Studies and Planning Program Date and Acknowledgement: Date and Acknowledgement: 2 3 4 5 1 • 6 Due to the rapid and continual urbanization of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico living conditions in environmentally sensitive and vulnerable areas like Los Laureles Canyon (aka Goat Canyon) are pervasive. Informal settlements, informal dumpsites, and inadequate infrastructure are just some of the conditions that have filled most of the Tijuana River watershed’s microbasins and continue to directly impact San Diego the central question: What types of community innovations emerge in the absence of formal regulations in watershed microbasins along the Tijuana-San Diego border-region? •The complexities associated with the U.S.-Mexico border- region continue to increase; rapid urbanization and continual increase of informal settlements along watershed microbasins continue to strain environmental systems. Despite the degradation and depletion of valuable ecosystems, innovations rooted in community knowledge and practices may shine a positive light on a bleak situation. •These findings may contribute to advancing increased integration between local communities and government agencies on both sides of the border Findings 2. Findings 1. Key literature, sources, links CONCLUSION The findings demonstrate the quantitative differences in NGOs and government agencies that work specifically in the defined bioregion. By compiling all entities into a single dataset, categorical differences reveal that there is little variation in where an organization’s projects are located, however the actual projects may vary. Further analysis of the organizations’ partners reveal a sophisticated network of community organizations and government entities despite the apparent lack of an institutional framework in the Mexican side of the border. These findings are also supplemented by qualitative interviews of various stakeholders and the implications on the current conditions of bilateral cooperation and future implications Fig 1. Area of concentration The following report, utilizes a place-based theoretical framework in the analysis of community innovation within a bioregional scale, Using the dataset compiled of existing organizations working in the border region and qualitative interviews of key informants The findings demonstrate the quantitative differences in NGOs and government agencies that work specifically in the defined bioregion. By compiling all entities into a single dataset, categorical differences reveal that there is little variation in where an organization’s projects are located, however the 36 organizations and agencies were found to work within the defined bioregion 18 total government agencies, 17 total NGOs, and one University entity are documented Within the total number of organizations found: 8 government agencies and 8 NGOs had one or more projects in the defined area Further analysis of the organizations’ partners reveal a sophisticated network of community organizations and government entities despite the apparent lack of an institutional framework in the Mexican side of the border. Fig. 2. Watersheds Methodology Introduction Purpose of the Study

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Community Innovation In Action: How Place Affects Community Knowledge And Practices Jorge Hernandez, University of California, San Diego, Urban Studies and Planning ProgramJorge Hernandez, University of California, San Diego, Urban Studies and Planning Program

Date and Acknowledgement:Date and Acknowledgement:

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Due to the rapid and continual urbanization of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico living conditions in environmentally sensitive and vulnerable areas like Los Laureles Canyon (aka Goat Canyon) are pervasive. Informal settlements, informal dumpsites, and inadequate infrastructure are just some of the conditions that have filled most of the Tijuana River watershed’s microbasins and continue to directly impact San Diego

the central question: What types of community innovations emerge in the absence of formal regulations in watershed microbasins along the Tijuana-San Diego border-region?

•The complexities associated with the U.S.-Mexico border-region continue to increase; rapid urbanization and continual increase of informal settlements along watershed microbasins continue to strain environmental systems. Despite the degradation and depletion of valuable ecosystems, innovations rooted in community knowledge and practices may shine a positive light on a bleak situation.

•These findings may contribute to advancing increased integration between local communities and government agencies on both sides of the border

Findings 2.

Findings 1.

Key literature, sources, links

CONCLUSION

The findings demonstrate the quantitative differences in NGOs and government agencies that work specifically in the defined bioregion. By compiling all entities into a single dataset, categorical differences reveal that there is little variation in where an organization’s projects are located, however the actual projects may vary. Further analysis of the organizations’ partners reveal a sophisticated network of community organizations and government entities despite the apparent lack of an institutional framework in the Mexican side of the border. These findings are also supplemented by qualitative interviews of various stakeholders and the implications on the current conditions of bilateral cooperation and future implications

Fig 1. Area of concentration

The following report, utilizes a place-based theoretical framework in the analysis of community innovation within a bioregional scale,Using the dataset compiled of existing organizations working in the border region and qualitative interviews of key informants

36 organizations and agencies were found to work within the defined bioregion18 total government agencies, 17 total NGOs, and one University entity are documented

Within the total number of organizations found: 8 government agencies and 8 NGOs had one or more projects in the defined area

Further analysis of the organizations’ partners reveal a sophisticated network of community organizations and government entities despite the apparent lack of an institutional framework in the Mexican side of the border.

Fig. 2. Watersheds

MethodologyIntroduction

Purpose of the Study