Abstract
 Developing Tools for Watershed-based Analysis in Support of City-Region Planning Track: Teaching with GIS Author(s): Keith Pezzoli, Jyotin Purohit, Richard Marciano Nationwide and globally, watershed management has become increasingly pivotal in urban and regional (city-region) planning. We will use elements of a prototype watershed planning and decision support system developed by the members of the UCSD Regional Workbench Consortium and the SALT lab at the San Diego Supercomputer Center to demonstrate improved city-region planning methodologies. We call the prototype we are developing, WET, Watershed Exploration Tool. The prototype includes a project and mitigation database with query and mapping features useful for a wide range of stakeholders that need to understand various aspects of watershed management and its impact on city-region planning. Construction project spatial layers were derived in a semi-automatic way using ArcScan. This paper explores ways the data can be used to expose students to principles of sustainable city-region development and compliance challenges, changes in habitat, and cumulative impact of development in a particular watershed. Keith Pezzoli UCSD--Regional Workbench Consortium Urban Studies and Planning Program UCSD 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla , CA 92093 US Phone: (858) 534-3691 E-mail: kpezzoli@ucsd.edu Jyotin Purohit Sparkers Inc. 13755 Camino Del Suelo San Diego , CA 92129 US Phone: (858) 780-9415 E-mail: jyo@sparkersinc.com Richard Marciano San Diego Supercomputer Center SALT 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0505 San Diego , CA 92093-0505 US Phone: (858) 534-8345 E-mail: marciano@sdsc.edu |
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