A5040266972- Urban Green Space and Health
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Noise Effects and Management
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Place Attachment and Urban Studies
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Renewable energy and sustainable power systems
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Housing Market and Economics
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2023-2024
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
2020-2021
Environmental Protection Agency
2019-2020
Purdue University West Lafayette
2015
University of St. Thomas - Minnesota
2009
Green infrastructure (GI) has become a panacea for cities working to enhance sustainability and resilience. While the rationale GI primarily focuses on its multifunctionality (e.g. delivering multiple ecosystem services local communities), uncertainties remain around how, whom, what extent delivers these services. Additionally, many scholars increasingly recognize potential disservices of GI, including gentrification associated with new developments. Building novel dataset 119 planning...
Green infrastructure is an increasingly popular urban sustainability strategy, widely promoted for its ability to provide multiple benefits. We examined 120 planning documents from 19 U.S. cities identify if and how the stated benefits that use within their rationales green programs (rationale statements) align with criteria used site at neighborhood scale (siting statements). Our findings suggest many of desired in lack corresponding specific siting criteria. This was particularly evident...
Abstract This paper builds on the expansion of urban ecology from a biologically based discipline—ecology in city—to an increasingly interdisciplinary field—ecology transdisciplinary, knowledge to action endeavor—an for and with city. We build this “prepositional journey” by proposing transformative shift ecology, we present framework how field may continue shift. conceptualize that is state flux, needed transform into more engaged field, one includes diversity actors willing participate...
Abstract This perspective emerged from ongoing dialogue among ecologists initiated by a virtual workshop in 2021. A transdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners conclude that urban ecology as science can better contribute to positive futures focusing on relationships, rather than prioritizing structures. Insights other relational disciplines, such political ecology, governance, design, conservation also contribute. Relationality is especially powerful given the need rapidly adapt...
In this perspective, we argue that creating the positive outcomes socio-ecological researchers and practitioners seek for urban areas requires acknowledging addressing interactions of race systemic racism in parks, open green spaces. Racial experiences are inseparable from physical landscapes processes designing, managing, or studying them. From COVID-19 to Black Lives Matter movement protests, events 2020 United States underscore how considerations social justice must extend beyond...
Abstract We ask how environmental justice and urban ecology have influenced one another over the past 25 years in context of US Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) project. BES began after emerged through activism scholarship 1980s but spans a period increasing awareness among ecologists practitioners. The work provides detailed example ecological research has been affected by growing understanding justice. shift shows unjust outcomes emerge are...
Abstract The world has become urban; cities increasingly shape our worldviews, relation to other species, and the large-scale, long-term decisions we make. Cities are nature, but they need align better with ecosystems avoid accelerating climate change loss of biodiversity. We a science guide urban development across diverse realities global cities. This can be met, in part, by shifts ecology its linkages related sciences. perspective is “synthesis syntheses”, consolidating ideas from...
Urban greenspace and green infrastructure are often cited for their many ecosystem services benefits including stormwater management. However, the localized nature limited range of effects these type infrastructure, make planning placement critical components to selecting maximizing desired benefits. Here, authors test a framework demonstrate practical approach simultaneously manage excess maximize distribution underserved areas using spatial analysis. St. Louis was subdivided census block...
The 2020 Social and Environmental Apocalypse:Reimagining Black America Tatiana Height, Olivia T. Ngadjui, Fushcia-Ann Hoover, Jasmine A. Dillon Prelude: Writing as Community While the COVID-19 pandemic has had disastrous impacts on marginalized communities, global situation also set stage for a number of activist movements virtual writing spaces form resistance. In midst pandemic, founder Women PhDsⓇ former colleague/friend came up with idea starting accountability group women color. color...