A5071517917- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Climate variability and models
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Insurance and Financial Risk Management
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Climate change and permafrost
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Science and Climate Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2016-2024
CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
2024
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
2024
Amherst College
2023
Columbia University
2010
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
2008
We explore the connections among indigenous climate-related narratives, documented temperature changes, and climate change impact studies from scientific literature. then propose a framework for enhancing synthesis of these narratives observed with global assessments. Our aim is to contribute thoughtful respectful integration knowledge data analysis, so that this rich body can inform science peoples use tools methods benefit their communities if they choose do so. Improving ways...
This study performs an economic efficiency and equity analysis of four recent Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) interventions in Haiti, India, Indonesia, Uganda. Our aims at contributing to the development methodological best practices for assessing both economic-effectiveness distributional impacts nature-based solutions, with a particular focus on marginalized or underserved communities. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are emerging as possible strategies mitigate disaster risk...
<p>This article describes research undertaken in the Panchase Region of Western Nepal as part “Ecosystems Protecting Infrastructure and Communities” (EPIC) project 2012-2017, where three community-led bio-engineering demonstration sites were established along roadsides.  The topic Nature Based Solutions (NBS) Eco-DRR/CCA is explored adopting interdisciplinary methods, spanning both social physical sciences, citizen science alongside...
<p>Ecosystems and ecosystem services are key to helping achieve reduction in disaster risk, sustainable development, climate change adaptation, this is now recognized by major international framework agreements (Convention on Biological Diversity, 2014; United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai Framework 2015-2030). However, there limited knowledge about the cost efficiency socio-economic equity outcomes of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) compared traditional...
<p>This study investigates using a survey how disciplinary scholars perceive Nature Based Solutions (NBS) and they differ in their NBS implementation approach at the local level. Respondents participated 2020-2021 , a ten-week course (online from Dec. 3, 2020, to Jan. 26, 2021) with focus on Disaster Risk Reduction Water Security. Supported by United Nations Environmental Program Partnership for Environment (PEDRR), global alliance of UN agencies,...