Environmental and Resources Stewardship
Environmental and resource concerns affect both suburbs at the edge of the metropolitan fringe and older suburbs struggling to maintain and enhance the quality of life for their residents.
Their size and growth means they have major effects on global environmental trends as well as on the natural environment immediately adjacent to the suburb. Air must be breathable and water drinkable, and there must be enough water for both jobs and consumers.
Species must be protected. Energy must be made available and that energy used efficiently.
The ability of suburbs to handle natural disasters must also be assessed. New paradigms must be created and tested for maintaining the health of the environment, while simultaneously meeting the needs of human beings for shelter, work, shopping and entertainment.
Current Projects:
“New Urbanism,” Haynes Foundation/CalPATH, Principal Investigators: Juliann Emmons Allison, Martin Johnson.
“Global Warming Education,” EPA, Principal Investigators: Juliann Emmons Allison, Matthew Barth.
