Decision Center for a Desert City at AAAS 2013
Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Decision Center for a Desert City at AAAS 2013
A contingent of faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students from the Decision Center for a Desert City (DCDC) at Arizona State University will present their research at a special poster
Survey results on water resource and land use planning in the Phoenix metropolitan area
In the report, Views and Activities among Municipal Water Managers and Land Planners: Stressors and Strategies for Resource Management in Metropolitan Phoenix, AZ, DCDC Co-PI Kelli Larson presents 2010 survey
Spotlight on ASU Research at ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) is hosting its fourth annual Energy Innovation Summit in Washington D.C. on February 25-27, 2013. The event is designed to collect esteemed
DCDC research highlights from recent poster symposia
DCDC researchers shared their research at several conferences and meetings in the first half of the 2012-2013 academic year. From topics ranging from The Social Ecology of Residential Land Management
Your Warming World from New Scientist Magazine
New Scientist Magazine was launched in 1956 "for all those men and women who are interested in scientific discovery, and in its industrial, commercial and social consequences". In an interactive
Getting outside the water box: The need for new approaches to water planning and policy
DCDC founding director, Patricia Gober, writes in the January 15, 2013 editorial for the journal Water Resources Management, that North American water systems are inadequately prepared to deal with an
Urban heat island research featured in International Innovation magazine
CAP co-PI Sharon Harlan and the research team on the National Science Foundation-funded "Urban Vulnerability to Climate Change" project are featured in a special issue of International Innovation that focuses on making
Video of CAP ASM keynote presentation by Dr. William Solecki
Dr. William Solecki, Director, Institute for Sustainable Cities, City University of New York, and Professor, Department of Geography, Hunter College, City University of New York, was the keynote speaker for
Video updates on CAP core activities!
CAP is a large research program and keeping up on all of our initiatives is difficult. We have a series of videos created for the 2013 CAP All Scientists Meeting
Draft Climate Assessment Report released for public review
A 60-person Federal Advisory Committee (The "National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee" or NCADAC) has overseen the development of this draft climate report. The Executive Summary begins with climate
Transitions in urban environmental systems: Lessons from New York City and Hurricane Sandy
DCDC is proud to co-sponsor the 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium keynote speaker, William Solecki, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Cities, and Professor, Department of Geography at City
Transitioning into a sustainable energy future: A lecture by Distinguished Scholar, Dr. Arun Majumdar
On October 19 Dr. Arun Majumdar presented a lecture titled “A New Industrial Revolution for a Sustainable Energy Future” as part of the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Scholar Lecture