A5060118996- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Noise Effects and Management
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Water resources management and optimization
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Facility Location and Emergency Management
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Geography Education and Pedagogy
- Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media
- Water Systems and Optimization
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Underground infrastructure and sustainability
Environmental Protection Agency
2023-2024
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
2017-2023
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
2023
Portland State University
2015-2023
Environmental Protection Agency
2022
University of Maryland, College Park
2019-2021
The risk presented by pluvial flooding has emerged as a critical issue in urban water management. Pluvial occurs when precipitation intensity exceeds the capacity of natural and engineered drainage systems, it is expected to increase frequency, severity impact through 21st century due combined effects climate change urbanization. Although there have been recent advances approaches assess enhance resilience cities its impacts, they not broadly implemented are many opportunities for additional...
As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly challenged to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate impacts risks inclusively ensure quality life for urban residents. Cities have turned nature-based help these challenges. Nature-based solutions, through the provision ecosystem services, can yield numerous benefits people multiple challenges simultaneously. Yet, efforts mainstream impaired by complexity interacting social,...
While the concept of green infrastructure (GI) is increasingly popular, definitions, terminology, and goals differ based on geographic disciplinary context. This paper examines these differences through a three-part systematic review: 1) content analysis academic GI review publications, 2) bibliometric publications focusing GI-associated terms, 3) an online search for grey literature. Parsing out conceptualizations GI, agendas they support, helps us better understand its probable outcomes in...
Infrastructure tells a material story of ongoing challenges in cities, reflecting the diverse, normative desires different communities. In this article we examine introduction green infrastructure technologies into urban systems to think critically about these and desires. Green is an intentionally designed, multifunctional technology that directly uses or mimics ecological processes soils plants (e.g., rooftops, rain gardens, bioswales). Facing budget shortfalls as well demands mitigate...
Over the last several decades, interest in green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) has rapidly increased, particularly given its potential to provide management conjunction with other ecosystem services and co-benefits such as urban heat island mitigation or habitat provision. Here we explore implementation of GSI three US cities – Baltimore (Maryland), Phoenix (Arizona), Portland (Oregon). We examine trends construction over highlighting changes rates types concurrent regulatory economic...
Abstract Green Infrastructure ( GI ) is an increasingly popular means of dealing with flooding and water quality issues worldwide. This study examines public perceptions of, behaviour around, bioswales, which are a facility in the United States. Bioswales highly visible interventions requiring support from residents policy‐makers to be implemented maintained appropriately. To understand how residents' attitudes might develop over time, we interviewed Portland, Oregon, living near bioswales...
Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership journal. The views expressed this article do not necessarily reflect ASCE Editorial Board
Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is increasingly used to comply with management requirements under the Clean Water Act, but there growing interest in leveraging GSI as part of climate change adaptation strategies. Success contributing this goal depends on what types are being and how they sized. Here we review design storm for seven Urban Resilience Extremes Sustainability Research Network (UREx SRN) cities United States. We find that while most our study designed smaller, more common...
Infrastructure crises are not only technical problems for engineers to solve—they also present social, ecological, financial, and political challenges. Addressing infrastructure thus requires a robust planning process that includes examination of the social ecological systems supporting infrastructure, alongside systems. An integrative Social, Ecological, Technological Systems (SETS) analysis solutions can complement by revealing potential trade-offs often overlooked in standard procedures....
To mitigate the harmful effects of stormwater runoff, many cities in United States are constructing green infrastructure (GSI), yet varied perceptions GSI by local municipal managers can make or break implementation any given city. We conducted a series focus groups with from two adjacent regions Pacific Northwest (US) – Portland, Oregon and Clark County, Washington where earliest most extensive applications urban have occurred. aimed to understand extent which fundamentally differ their...
Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is part of a suite sustainability initiatives that are vital to tackling climate change. However, siloed governance structures traditionally implement not well-suited address the cross-cutting goals such (i.e. incorporating social equity along with technological aspects). Equity planning centers in policy development and can help ameliorate this siloing. Here, we apply concepts examine GSI incentive programs developed United States current funding gaps....
In this paper we explore the potential of academic podcasting to effect positive change within academia and between society. Building on concept “epistemic living spaces,” consider how can evaluate what is legitimate knowledge methods for production, who has access privileges power, nature our connections with other partners, experience constraints opportunities space time. We conclude by offering a guide others are looking develop their own projects discuss be formalized as mainstream...
In the United States, debris removal is one of costliest and most time-consuming elements disaster response recovery. It essential to reducing secondary environmental health risks, community recovery rebuilding. Analysis waste management, though, primarily treats it as a series operational steps technical decisions. contrast, this article analyses decision-making social process. We present findings an ethnographic study that engaged over 70 government actors from federal, state, local,...
(2021). The multifaceted geographies of green infrastructure policy and planning: socio-environmental dreams, nightmares, amnesia. Journal Environmental Policy & Planning: Vol. 23, Multifaceted Geographies Green Infrastructure amnesia, pp. 559-564.
Building community resilience requires centering equity in planning processes. Tools and resources for strengthening need to address both their content the process using them. This is especially so communities living proximity contaminated lands that face compounding hazards (i.e., environmental, disaster, climate-related); legacies of institutional or structural disenfranchisement; challenges with inclusion minority populations planning; constraints on doing data-intensive management...
Abstract Postdoctoral positions provide critical opportunities for early‐career ecologists to build transferable skills, knowledge, and networks that will prepare them professional success. However, these often come with personal challenges such as stress, isolation, lack of agency. Here, we describe a peer‐led postdoc program created maximize benefits minimize while preparing ourselves wide range possible future careers using our training expertise in ecology. We also give recommendations...
Abstract The idea of green infrastructure (GI) has generated great interest and creativity in addressing a range challenging expensive environmental problems, from coastal resilience to control combined sewer overflows (CSOs). appeal GI stems its cost savings compared traditional “gray” the multiple benefits it provides, including biodiversity, aesthetics, carbon sequestration. For example, “green” approach controlling CSOs New York City saved $1.5 billion approach. Despite these advantages,...