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Volunteered geographic information, urban forests, & environmental justice
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and urban forests have recently become topics of interesting interest in the social sciences. While social and environmental justice concerns have been applied to each of…
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Proximate landscapes of economic inclusion in Southeastern pennsylvania
Although mainstream banking institutions offer a suite of benefits to patrons, the proportion of U.S. households that are unbanked and underbanked remains persistently high. This study examines the spatial relationship…
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The energy and emissions footprint of water supply for Southern California
Due to climate change and ongoing drought, California and much of the American West face critical water supply challenges. California’s water supply infrastructure sprawls for thousands of miles, from the…
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Enhancing landscape connectivity through multifunctional green infrastructure corridor modeling and design
Landscape connectivity is critical for ecosystem health and biodiversity conservation, yet urbanization is increasing habitat fragmentation. Green corridors that connect isolated remnant habitat patches (e.g. parks) can increase connectivity and…
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A regional spatial planning model for multifunctional green infrastructure
There is a growing interest in planning for green infrastructure, as well as a growing recognition of the multifunctional nature of green infrastructure, since it provides many social and environmental…
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Applying the food-energy-water nexus approach to urban agriculture: From FEW to FEWP (Food-Energy-Water-People)
Many studies examine the correlation between the use of resources such as water, energy and land, and the production of food. These nexus studies focus predominantly on large scale systems,…
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Differences in motivations and social impacts across urban agriculture types: Case studies in Europe and the US
Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular approach to addressing negative social and health effects of cities. Social benefits of urban agriculture include improved health and wellbeing, economic opportunities, social cohesion,…
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Ecosystem services and life cycle assessment: A bibliometric review
This paper uses bibliometric mapping and network analysis to review decades of research on ecosystem services and life cycle assessment (LCA). The study reveals how these two academic fields evolved…
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Where does your guacamole come from? Detecting deforestation associated with the export of avocados from Mexico to the United States
The United States (U.S.) imports 87 percent of its avocados from a single Mexican region, Michoacán. Although environmental and social costs associated with avocado production are significant, consumers and retailers…
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The carbon footprint of household energy use in the United States
Residential energy use accounts for roughly 20% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States. Using data on 93 million individual households, we estimate these GHGs across the contiguous…