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Ecology
EL PASO
1.Desert and xeric shrubland
JUAREZ
2
2.Desert and xeric shrubland
3.Desert and xeric shrubland
4.Desert and xeric shrubland
5.Desert and xeric shrubland
6.Desert and xeric shrubland
1
3
6
4
5
1.Desert and xeric shrubland
1. EL PASO/
JUAREZ
Hydrology
2. YAZD
3. JAIPUR
EL PASO
1. 5.0-10.8 inches
2. 1.0-2.9 inches
3. 18.8-28.5 inches
4. 9.0-10.8 inches
5. 1.0-2.9 inches
6. 18.8-28.5 inches
JUAREZ
2
1
3
4. ALICE
SPRINGS
5
6
4
5. SAN PEDRO
6. GHANZI
1. 5.0 - 10.8 inches
Climatology
EL PASO
1. Arid
JUAREZ
2
Protospace- Places with similar protometrics
El Paso - Juarez
Yazd, Iran
Jaipur, India
2. Arid (very dry)
1
3
1
2
3
4
5
6
Alice springs, Australia
San Pedro, Chile
Ghanzi, Bostwana
3. Semi arid
5
6
4
4. Arid
5. Arid (very dry)
1. Arid
6. Semi arid
Geology
EL PASO
1. Aridisol
Dry entisol
Dry entisol
Shifting sand
JUAREZ
2. Aridisol
3. Aridisol
4. Aridisol
5. Aridisol
6. Aridisol
2
1
3
Inceptisol
Entisol
5
6
4
hifting sand
1. Aridisol
Dry Entisol
Shifting sand
FIGURE 31.8
ProtoSpaces of El Paso/Juarez are locations across the world that share statistically similar environmental con-
ditions in one of the four ProtoMetric categories. ProtoSpaces of El Paso/Juarez face similar concerns about
water, desertification, access to food, and air quality.
The Development Ladder is based on assessing a location's four resource flows—infor-
mation, currency, energy, and materials—and subjecting these to both the biophysical and
human trends of ProtoMetrics and ProtoPartners (Figure 31.10). Indicators such as health
are chosen due to their high coincidence in both categories (i.e., health of environment and
health of people are defining characteristics of Juarez and El Paso).
By assessing the four flows we can identify the development stage of a place: in this case,
maturing
for Juarez and
anticipatory
for El Paso. The coincidence of flows was most pro-
nounced when we tested relative to health, environmental sustainability, and employment
(Table 31.4). Indicators were identified in the following sequence of importance:
1. Health
2. Environmental sustainability
3. Employment
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ProtoSite
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to more complex planning procedures to see how the viral evolution of a particular set of
intervention strategies affects ground conditions. ProtoSite is an intervention laboratory
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