Sustainable Infrastructure and South Mountain Village:
Water
COURSE PROJECT
PRESENTATION
23 April 2018

Amanda Bayham
Veronica Head
Veronica Horvath
Rui Li
Kellie Rorex

SPRING 2018 COURSE

Urban Infrastructure Anatomy and Sustainable Development
CEE 507 ▫ SOS 547 ▫ PUP 553

Spring 2018 Urban Infrastructure Anatomy

Rio Salado 2.0
Water Group
CEE 507/PUP 553/SOS 547
Amanda Bayham, Veronica Head,
Veronica Horvath, Rui Li, Kellie Rorex

Outline

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Restoration
Social Connectivity
Physical Connectivity
Maintenance and
Management
● Development and Future
Planning

“When you talk about
water in the desert,
there's something
historical and spiritual
in the mix. Something
that speaks of the soul
of this community – a
soul that folks with a
shallow understanding
of our history
mistakenly say doesn’t
exist.”

Section 1:
Restoration

Plant, Groundwater, and Water Source along the Riparian Restoration

Case Study: San Antonio Riverwalk

PHASE 4 MISSION
REACH 2011

Section 2:
Social Connectivity

Pink:Study Area
Black:Light Rail Extension
Green Flag:Green Space or
Trail
Yellow Flag: Church
Blue Flag:School

Stakeholder Analysis

DATE: 4/10/18

Q 1: How is the area changing? Why?

Time: 9AM-10AM

Location:
Audubon Center

# of Participants

South Mountain
Resident?

Q 2: What do you expect the area will be like in 20 years? 50
Age Range*

Y

N

years?
>18

8

0

7

18-50

24

0

15

50 +

13

2

5

Q 3: How will the addition of the light rail affect the area?
Q 4: Who are the main stakeholders in the area? How do they
participate in Rio Salado Restoration?
Q 5: What are the social benefits of enhancing the Rio Salado?

DATE: 4/21/18

Time: 8AM-9AM

Location:
Restoration Area

# of Participants

South Mountain
Resident?

Age Range*

Results

Y

N
5

>18

4

0

18-50

6

0

8

50 +

2

0

0

Section 3:
Physical Connectivity

Connectivity to Recreation in
South Mountain Village

Overall
Walkability

Overall Transit Access

0.5 Mile Walkable
Buffer (Overlay)

Increase connectivity
Add parks &
increase connectivity

Blue areas are
higher priority

Recommendations

Section 4:
Maintenance,
Management and
Institutions

Grey Infrastructure and Development: Central Avenue Bridge

Rio Salado’s Social-Ecological System

Ostrom, E. (2009). A general framework for analyzing sustainability
of social-ecological systems. Science, 325(5939), 419-422.

Social Welfare and Sustainability

Palta, M., Du Bray, M. V., Stotts, R., Wolf, A., & Wutich, A. (2016).
Ecosystem services and disservices for a vulnerable population:
findings from urban waterways and wetlands in an American Desert
City. Human ecology, 44(4), 463-478.

Section 5:
Development and
Future Planning

Rio Salado Interim Overlay District

Beyond the Banks Area Plan

Del Rio Master Plan 2012

Recommendations
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Restoration, Maintenance and Management
Strengthen Community Capital
Establish and Maintain Physical Connectivity
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Impactful and Thoughtful Redevelopment

Thank you!
Questions?