ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Benjamin ConverseAssoc. Prof. Batten & PSYCH
Gabrielle AdamsAsst. Prof. Batten
Andres ClarensAssoc. Prof. SEAS
Assoc. Dir. ERI
Leidy KlotzAssoc. Prof. SEAS, ARCH, Darden
Co-Dir. Convergent BehSci Initiative
Maura AustinPh.D. Student, Psychology
Jay FurhmanPh.D. Student, SEAS
Patrick HancockPh.D. Student, SEAS
Emma WhiteBA. Student PSYCH
ERI Grad Fellowship
Christopher NealePostdoc, Center Design & Health,
Batten
Collab of CoLabs
Hannah DavisBA. Student Batten
USOAR, Double Hoo
Our Team (so far…)Bethany Gordon
Ph.D. Student, SEASNSF GRFP Katelyn Stenger
Ph.D. Student, SEASNSF GRFP
Sophie WongBA. Student, Env. Sci.
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
If Humans Design the Planet…
“… climate engineering would take anthropogenic influence on the earth to a whole new level. It would mean intentionally assuming responsibility for the very skies under which all life on earth lives, an endeavor with repercussions impacting everyone—and everything—on the planet.” (Preston, 2012, p.1)
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Sample Behavioral Experiment
The “moral hazard” (aka “licensing”) question:
How does awareness of climate engineering affect commitment to mitigation, adaptation, pro-environmental behavior?
Liberal ----- Conservative
Pro-Enviro. Behavior
(costly bike choices)
Experimental Design
N = 243 online respondents
IV = Randomly assigned to learn about a Carbon Dioxide Removal tech company (or tech company)
DV = Series of real “bike vs. car” choices more bike choices = slower experiment
CDR Awareness
Control
Understanding Climate Vulnerability to Foster Community
Resilience in Urban East Africa
Team: Ellen Bassett, Becca Dillingham, Deborah Lawrence, Victoria Shen
now future
365 days/yr
10 days/yr
More extreme heat days
2010 2085
Kisumu
Mombasa
Business as usual warming (RCP 8.5)
Increased exposure to extreme heat
person days per year > 9 million
2010 2085
4.5 million
Kisumu
Mombassa
Approach / Activities
• Objective: Long Term Collaboration to produce policy actionable research to assist with adaptation
• Activities:• Baseline evaluation of climate
vulnerability and projected impacts for 3 Kenyan Cities. Mombasa, Kisumu, and Garissa (maybe Marsabit)
• Cities in 15 cities survey• Stratified by size, economic base,
geographic location, ethnicity, and agro-ecological zone
• Research Memoranda of Understanding with Kenyan Universities as Counterparts.
• Research Plan/Agenda: • Formulate a shared research plan, including
opportunities for post-doctoral research and faculty exchanges with partner institutions.
Challenges and Opportunities• Challenge
• Working on the other side of the planet – travel, busy schedules, competing priorities, cross-cultural communication
• Opportunities• Shared passion and commitment
to importance of topic• Need for localized, policy
relevant research in East Africa related to climate change and urban resilience
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Urban air pollution, colonial policies, and theirlegacies on the poor in Dakar, Senegal
Sally Pusede Environmental SciencesChristina MobleyHistory Jeanine BraithwaiteBatten Sheila CraneArchitectureAngelique Demetillo, Kamwoo Lee, Gabrielle Posner, Grace Wood, Cameron Haddad, Dallas Tatman
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Urban air pollution, colonial policies, and theirlegacies on the poor in Dakar, Senegal
We will explore two linked hypotheses: (1) European colonial policies of racial segregation motivated urban development projects that created the structures and institutions driving current-day African air pollution, and (2) burdens of African air pollution are greater for the urban poor.
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
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Urban air pollution, colonial policies, and theirlegacies on the poor in Dakar, Senegal
French colonial urban planning
Urban air pollution distribution and sources Impacts on Dakar’s poor
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Adaptive Management of Urban Infrastructure for Addressing Recurrent
Flooding Challenges in Coastal Cities
Jon Goodall, Water Resources EngineeringDonna Chen, Transportation Engineering
Kamin Whitehouse, Computer ScienceMichael Gorman, Science, Technology, and Society
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Challenges and Opportunities
• Challenges• Language/Terminology/Methods• Differences in incentivized research outputs• Commitment to interdisciplinary research
• Opportunities• Funding • Address difficult and important problems• Alignment with industry
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Engendering Local Stewardship through Citizen Science
at Friendship CourtTeam included:
Barbara Brown Wilson (Planning)Andrew Mondschein (Planning)
Nancy Deutsch (Education)Tanya Denckla Cobb (IEN)
Teresa Culver (Engineering)Liz Ogbu (Studio O)
Chris Gist (Scholars Lab)Piedmont Housing Alliance
Youth Leaders at Friendship Court
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Long-term Goal:Conduct transdisciplinary research with underserved local youth on water resources, air quality, connectivity, and on-site food production to forward knowledge of the methods
available for democratic data collection on resilience in cities, but also contribute to the literature on ecological
stewardship and governance in vulnerable communities.
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StructuralYouth on advisory boardProposed changes to existing courtyards
Youth-LevelComing to terms with multiple points of viewCareer & educational goalsSkills
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DR. GAURAV GIRIAssistant Professor, Department of Chemical EngineeringProfile
DR. BALA MULLOTHAssistant Professor, Frank Batton School of Leadership and Public PolicyProfile
Dr. RAJESH BALKRISHNANProfessor of Public HealthSciences, School of MedicineProfile
Cost-effective air filters for developing countries and studying population response to air pollution
LUKE HUELSENBECKPhD Student, Department of Chemical EngineeringProfile
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
The Problem: Air Pollution Is the New Tobacco
9 out of 10people worldwide breathe polluted air
29%of deaths due to air pollution are fromLung Cancer
24%of deaths due to air pollution are from Stroke
25%of deaths due to air pollution are from Heart Disease
7 MillionDeaths per year aredue to air pollution
Source: http://www.who.int/airpollution/en/
How do populations interact with air pollution?
What public health questions are most pertinent?
What do they want as a solution?
What solutions are tractable for developing countries?
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Prototype: MOF coated fabric
Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as a Solution
N95 Mask level Effectivity in lab Flexibility in fabric choice
Made on Cotton, Wool, Bamboo, Hemp, Cellulose
Multiple levels of protection possibleParticle FiltrationChemical FiltrationBiological Protection
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Working in Interdisciplinary Teams
Creating and administering public survey takes time and work
Have initial data
Figuring out what are the important questions to ask
Need to learn about different fields
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Lisa Peterson, ESE Bill Epling, ChE Mark White, Comm
Gokul Iyer, PNNL Matthew Binsted Anand Rao, IITB
Udayan Singh, ESE Fangwei Cheng, ESE
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Team ACRES
UVA FACULTY
EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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National/GlobalPreferential investments
Electricity storage
Efficiency
Trade
Resource inventory
Knowledge transfer
Regional/GridReserve margins
Populations shifts
Short-term stressors
Diversity-energy mix
Sub-national trade
Net metering
PlantWater
withdrawals Siting Protective infrastructure
Fuel flexibility
Characterizing resilient energy systems on various scales
Because of multiple-scales involved, we can readily leverage the capabilities of integrated assessment models and augment them with our own technoeconomic models
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Resilience-sustainability interactions?
⬅ Historical magnitude of outages (MWh)Mapped from data in Mukherjee et al (2018)
⬅ Evolving diversity in generation (SWI)Authors’ estimates based on US MCS
Aggressive mid-century climate transitions may reduce vulnerabilities in generation
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Extending Resilience Definitions to Negative Emissions
Ongoing work: Incorporating regional resilience features into integrated assessment models Evaluating technologies’ flexibility to system changes Better understanding of economic resilience: carbon lock-in and stranded assets
Developing redundancy in the carbon removal sphere as wellSingh, Cheng, Colosi (under review)
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Teresa CulverEnvironmental and Water
Resources Engineering, SEASPeter Debaere
Global Economics and Markets, Darden
Jay ShimshackPublic Policy and Economics,
Batten SchoolArthur Small
Resource Economics, ESE
Surface Water Quality in the US: Data, Methods, and Causes
What drives national and regional changes in water quality in the US?
More then $1 trillion have been spent on water quality management in the US.
Do the benefits justify the costs?
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What questions can reasonably be answered with this data?
What are the geographic and temporal characteristics of the data?
What factors impact when and where data is collected?
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What factors (social, economic, regulatory, scientific) have driven positive changes in water quality?
What guidance can we give for supporting water quality protection and improvements in the future?
Interdisciplinary challenges:
Can take a little longer to understand everyone’s jargon and view points
Different tools preferred in different disciplines
Advantage of bringing in broader perspectives and cross-disciplinary literature makes up for that.
Biggest challenge we have had is selection of student research assistants who are invested in the cross-disciplinary work and who we are also invested in their progress.
Once we understand the challenges and biases in the data we will explore:
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
From Zero to Hero?:A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Negative Emissions Technologies
Scott Doney1, Jay Fuhrman1, Haewon McJeon2, Bill Shobe1, Andres Clarens1
1. University of Virginia2. Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Maryland/PNNL
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Growing reliance on NETs to meet warming goals
We can’t limit warming to 2ºC without NETs
All models assume NETs will come from BECCS and Afforestation
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NETs deployment scenarios have unrealistic elements
Current models of technological innovation may not be appropriate for these approaches
NETs present a number of important tradeoffs between developed and developing nations in terms of food, energy, and water
◉ What is in your drinking water?
Have you ever wondered….
◉ How does the quality of your water differ from others in your area?○ Municipal v. Private○ By race/ethnicity
Project Partners
- Law- Public
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- Rural health
- Water quality
Albemarle-Buckingham-Fluvanna- Nelson Counties- Health
- Local politics
- Farming- Religion
Questions?
Kimalee Dickerson [email protected] Dukes [email protected] Matthew [email protected]
Thank you!
Ecosystem service evaluation and market development to improve regional freshwater quality
Larry Band, ESE/EVSCMike Pace, EVSCPeter Debaere, Darden
Virginia Water Quality Trading
• Create a market to sell pollution credits to offset development, reduce nutrient loading to streams, water bodies, Chesapeake Bay
• Credits for converting agricultural land to forest – credits typically developed by mitigation banks, denominated in lbs/yr
• Restrict trades within specified “watershed distance”
Project Goals:
• Build system to evaluate current state and vulnerability of water bodies to threshold water quality degradation
• Value and map current pollutant sources and sinks over watershed area (where, when, how much), potential for pollutant mitigation to local water bodies and Chesapeake Bay by land use conversion - water quality trades (WQT)• What other ecosystem services can be “stacked”
• Evaluate how improved information on water body vulnerability, effectiveness of potential land use conversions to mitigate loading, other benefits, can stimulate WQT
Approach and preliminary resultsPLij
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Estimate eutrophication state of each lake and vulnerability to additional inputs of water, nutrients
Estimate nutrient and runoff sources and sinks over full watershed area draining to each water body
Estimate change in nutrient and runoff due to land conversion over all watershed locations (patches)
Value land conversion relative to lake state and reduction in lake state failure
Challenges to interdisciplinary research
• Common or interacting questions of interest to each participant
• Terrestrial – limnologic systems: • Missing interface (e.g. stream nutrient spiraling), in development
• Paradigm differences between biophysical methods and market economics• Space/time scale mismatch
• trading areas order of magnitude(s) larger than example given
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
A Coupled Human–Natural Capital Lab for Resilient Coastal Futures
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Roe (School of Architecture)
Co-Investigators: Matt Reidenbach (Environmental Sciences)
Ben Converse (Social Psychology)
Tanya Denckla Cobb (Institute of Environmental Negotiation)
Jon Goodall (Systems Engineering and Environment)
Leidy Klotz (Systems Engineering and Environment)
Post-Doc: Christopher Neale (Batten School)
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To build a pathway that couples natural and human-social capital approaches to building healthy and resilient coastal futures.
Our Objective
This objective is studied through urban coastal communities that face flooding challenges associated with climate change and sea level rise.
Hampton, Virginia
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Our Approach• To date, the response to climate change
and sea level rise has focused on maintaining the status quo; rebuilding and reinforcing existing infrastructure
• Integration of natural systems like wetlands, coastal parks, and oyster reefs allows coastal communities to better manage costs and improve health and wellbeing.
• For these efforts to gain public support, citizens must have a better understanding and appreciation of the both the physical and social resiliency that green infrastructure can provide.
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Challenges and OpportunitiesSolutions need engagement between the physical sciences (engineers, architects, environmental scientists), social sciences (social & environmental psychology, public engagement), and community.
Example of geospatial datasets available for coastal regions
• Bratman et al. (2019), Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective, Science Advances, 24 Jul 2019: Vol. 5, no. 7
• Roe et al. (2019), The restorative health benefits of a tactical urban intervention: An urban waterfront study. Frontiers in Built Environment, 5, 71.
From data to solutions
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THE RAFTResilience Adaptation Feasibility Tool
Catalyzing Meaningful Resilience Action
at theLocal Level
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THE RAFT GOAL & PROCESSTo help Virginia’s coastal localities
improve resilience to flooding and other coastal storm hazards
while remaining economically and socially viable.
1. SCORECARD – Resilience Assessment
2. COMMUNITY WORKSHOP –Resilience Action Checklist
3. IMPLEMENTATION –Ongoing Assistance 1 Year
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THE RAFT PROGRESS & FINDINGS• Neighbors Compare, Want To Share
• Individual Checklists/ Regional Needs
• Monthly Locality Team Check-ins
• Community-wide Discussions Bring Long-term Value
• New Collaborations Across Silos
• Multiple Universities Brings “Heft”
• Durable Relationships With Universities Valued And Desired
2017-18: 3 Pilot Localities in 3 Coastal PDCs
2018-19: EASTERN SHORE – 7 Localities
NEXT - 2019-20: NORTHERN NECK – 8 Localities
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CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES• WEEKLY CORE
TEAM COORDINATION
• SELECTION OF PEOPLE FOR LOCALITY IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS
• RESILIENCE ACTION CHECKLIST ITEMS
• EXPANDING NETWORK OF SUPPORT for LOCALITIES
• IDENTIFYING & ELEVATING REGIONAL NEEDS TO STATE LEVEL
• DISCUSSION OF COASTAL HAZARD RESILIENCE OPENS BROADER RESILIENCE CONVERSATION
The SIDS Climate Resilience Team:(SIDS - Small Island Developing States)Names Disciplines
Etienne, Bevin, co-PI McIntire - Commerce
Lerdau, Manuel, co-PI Envtl Science
Louis, Garrick, co-PI (Project Leader) Engineering
Toscano, Laura, project coordinator Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy
Olesen, Alexander, Industry partner Babylon Micro-Farms, co-founder & CEO
Boyang Lu, Sadegh Eghdami, GRAs Engineering
Annie Hatcher, Stephen Jung, Holden Keegan, Todd LeHenry Quach, Charles Ward, Justin Weinberg
Capstone Students – Engineering Undergrad
Emma Tillitski, Jasmyn Noel; undergrad researchers Global Development, Environmental Science
Tanya Denckla-Cobb, Paul Friedman, Anna Maria Siega-Riz – affiliated faculty
ARCH, Politics, Medicine
10 students from the Dominica Lab8/22/19 Climate REsilience in SIDS: Dominica Case 13
Topic & Importance• Using hydroponics to grow crops for food & livelihood in SIDS
• Small Island Developing States – 57 with population of 65 million• Food supply threatened by effects of climate change
• Natural disasters like hurricanes – more frequent & intense• Changing water availability, Reduced soil quality (salinity, soil moisture)
• Many SIDS already low and lower-middle income countries• Many highly dependent on food imports (disrupted by disasters)
• Hydroponics can quickly restore fresh produce• Household consumption and sale to hotels
• 2017 Hurricane Maria devasted agriculture sector in Dominica• Representative case study for SIDS
• Potential applications to urban food deserts and novel “floating farms”
8/22/19 Climate REsilience in SIDS: Dominica Case 14
Approach/Key Findings• Babylon Micro-Farms Inc. - Charlottesville VA company.
• Builds Intelligent Hydroponic Systems• Targets commercial establishments and high-end residential users• NSF SBIR Grant
• Modify “Fold-out Farm” (FoF) adapted for humanitarian use• Build and take to Dominica for proof of concept test• Compare performance of unit in Ch’ville• ‘Optimize’ FoF productivity
• Matter, energy, labor inputs, nutrient recovery, effluent recirculation• Crop types, yield, produce quality
• Indoor use, outdoor use, use in greenhouse
• Senior Capstone Project. “Dominica Lab” Summer Course
8/22/19 Climate REsilience in SIDS: Dominica Case 15
Interdisciplinary Teams: Challenges & Opportunities
Some Opportunities1. Research needs diverse expertise
• Engineering, natural science, social science, public health/nutrition,…
2. Different insights sparks innovation• NSF SBIR Grant to BMF• VentureWell proposal for floating farm
3. More competitive proposals• NSF: INFEWS.• USAID: Global Development Lab
Key Challenges1. Coordination
• Who’s responsible for what?• Who is supervising which students?
2. Prioritization• Shared vision, different priorities
3. Scholarship• What to write? Where to publish? Where to
seek funding? 4. Skills & style
• Builders, bench labs, modelers, field workers
8/22/19 Climate REsilience in SIDS: Dominica Case 16
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Climate change impacts on coral reefs: Linkages between the warming ocean and
coral bleaching
Principal Investigators: Matt Reidenbach (Environmental Sciences)Max Castorani (Environmental Sciences)
Dan Quinn (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Students: Craig Wendelken (Environmental Sciences)
Arianna Asquinni (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
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Our Objective
To quantify how variations in coral topography alters heat flux from the coral surface, and how changing ocean water temperatures and flow patterns impact reef-scale coral bleaching.
Individual to reef scale bleaching
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Our ApproachAt the coral scale: Determine how coral morphology and flow dynamics impact heat transfer.
At the reef scale: Map coral bleaching hotspots and correlate how variability in ocean heat and flow patterns impact bleaching.
13.5 cm
CT scanned corals
Heat flux
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Challenges and Opportunities
Unidirectional Oscillatory
Potential causes of coral bleaching:• warming ocean temperatures• ocean acidification• sedimentation• disease
• Engineers and ecologists often work at very different spatial and temporal scales
• Climate dynamics, ocean temperatures, and heat transfer can be determined through physics, but coral health is impacted by a variety of physical, chemical, and biological factors.
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Norfolk Coastal Resilience Study
UVA research team:Phoebe Crisman, Architecture/Global Studies, [email protected] White, Commerce, [email protected] Bassett, Urban & Environmental Planning, [email protected]
Community partners:Joe Rieger, Elizabeth River Project, Deputy Director of Restoration, Skip Stiles, Wetlands WatchDenise Thompson and Justin Schaffer, City of Norfolk, Environmental Protection Programs + Public Works
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RESEARCH TOPIC:
• policy, economic & design research to foster resilient and healthy coastal cities in Virginia
• collaborative research with government and community partners
• Norfolk’s Harbor Park district as a test case for future waterfront mitigation efforts
• historical research on Norfolk’s 1960’s urban renewal policy and its present-day impacts
• relationship between property value & flood risk via longitudinal study in diverse communities
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:
• sea level rise is urgent and already affecting coastal cities in Virginia and globally
•. resiliency encompasses the physical, social & economic consequences of climate change
• opportunity to examine both local, small-scale effects as well as larger, regional effects
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RESEARCHMETHODS+ RESULTS
• resilient design strategies for Harbor Park
• linkages between 1960’s urban renewal+ current flooding patterns in Norfolk
• collaborated with 3 communitiesto create Resilience Plans (2017-19)
• examined economic impact of location in a flood plain on property values in 2 neighborhoods
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WORKING IN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
challenges:
• thinking about resilience–much less achieving it–is like peeling an onion… there seems to always be another layer that needs to be looked at… and sometimes, there are tears
• different research methods often complicates collaboration
• community expectations may differ from UVA research goals
• moving from theory to practice can be difficult for those more accustomed to working within the academy – but it’s good (and necessary) that our thinking be influenced by “real world realities”
opportunities:
• three heads are definitely better than one
• different conversations yield different insights—particularly with respect to identifying leverage points ti achieve change
• collaborative teams have greater success in securing external research funding
• providing multi-faceted sustainability expertise to disadvantaged communities
• achieving real, on-the-ground results in Virginia - while establishing translatable models
* place-based research offers/requires a “deeper dive” into causes and effects, which helps provide context for results from other locations
The Geopolitics of Sustainability and Smart City Construction in US-China Relations
Sean Ferguson, Engineering & SocietyBrantly Womack, Political Science
Tsai-hsuan Sharon Ku, Engineering & Society Zhe Dong, RA, School of Architecture
Zihao Zhang, RA, School of Architecture
Hangzhou
Taichung
• How is “smart city” imagined, constructed and assessed across geopolitical regions?
• What interdisciplinary approach can we develop to capture the local/global complexity?
Shenzhen
City Lung, APP & OpenData
Hangzhou/China Taichung/Taiwan
Innovation? Openness?
Governance?Sustainability?
Human right?
Challenges and 1st year outcomes
• Multi-sited approach unpacks the invisible socio-political conditions, local histories and ongoing tensions between Global North & South in Smart City discourse.
• Interdisciplinary and international collaborations: the former sometimes is harder than the latter.
• 2 RA from School of Architecture are hired by 3C. In the coming year. We will add 1 PhD student from urban planning and 1 undergraduate from anthropology to form the interdisciplinary team
• Ongoing collaborations with ISO TC268 Smart & Sustainable Communities; China Jiliang University, Tsing Hua University in China, and Feng Cha University in Taiwan: US-China Global Classroom on Smart City Design with Tsinghua University
• Global Ethics and Smart Cities Working Groups under UVA Belt & Road Assessment Projects: Seminar Series 2019-2020
ERI Environmental Futures Forum August 22, 2019
Arctic CoLabHoward EpsteinProfessorEnvironmental Sciences
Leena ChoAssistant ProfessorLandscape ArchitectureCo-Director of Arctic Design Group
Matthew JullAssociate ProfessorArchitectureCo-Director of Arctic Design Group
Arsalan HeydarianAssistant ProfessorSchool of Engineering
Matthew BurtnerProfessorMusicFounder and Director of EcoSono
Claire G. GriffinPostdoctoral ResearcherEnvironmental Sciences
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The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planetNavigating the New Arctic: The Changing Natural-Built-Human Landscape of Arctic Communities
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ERI-funded projectsArctic Dialogues at UVA
July 2019 field work in Utqiagvik, AK: Nutrient enrichment of ponds near urban development
South of town In town
Martha RaynoldsResearch ScientistUniversity of Alaska FairbanksArctic landscapes: Direct and indirect changes caused by human activities
Joe CorriveauDirectorUS Army CRRELRed, white, and blue Arctic